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To meet the payment for the specimens purchased of Professor 

 Ward, and to provide for necessary cases, and for other improve- 

 ments that are imperatively needed, the sum of $14,000 must be 

 raised. To properly maintain the collections of the Museum 

 requires about $25,000, of which $15,000 is provided by the City. 

 The Trustees are anxious that the balance of $10,000 shall be 

 made up by members paying $10 yearly, so that all sums of $100 

 and more that may be given may be reserved for the purchase of 

 new specimens. 



The privileges of Patrons, Fellows and Members will be found 

 in the By-Laws. 



The Museum, to fully occupy its continually widening field of 

 usefulness, demands two things: first, provision by the City for 

 the erection of another wing; and secondly, an endowment, the 

 interest of which shall be sufficient to develop the present admi- 

 rable nucleus into a museum commensurate with the prospective 

 greatness of our nation ; and the Trustees hereby respectfully 

 appeal to all our public spirited citizens to join them in commenc- 

 ing such an endowment by raising, by subscription, a sum not 

 less than $300,000. 



