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1879. 



The Trustees of the American Museum of Natural 

 History have the pleasure of presenting this, their 

 Eleventh Annual Report, to the Patrons, Fellows and 

 Members of the Museum. 



It is now our pleasure to state that the institution is 

 entirely out of debt. The sum due on the James Hall 

 Collection of fossils and for deficiency in maintenance 

 during the past year has amounted up to this date to 

 $28,179.37. The friends of the Museum have given 

 $3,000, and the sum of $27,250 has been subscribed 

 by the members of our Board of Trustees to cover 

 this indebtedness and leave a small balance in the 

 treasury. From the city. $10,076.54 have been re- 

 ceived towards maintenance, and from the Annual 

 Subscribers and other Members, $8,206.80, making the 

 total amount paid in to the Treasurer for purchases 

 and maintenance since Jan. 1, 1879, the date of the 

 last report, $47,033.34. 



The opening of the Manhattan Elevated Railway 

 to the depot on the northwest corner of our square 

 at Ninth Avenue and 81st Street, has rendered the 

 Museum accessible by a ride of a few minutes from 



