To His Honor John F. Hylan, 



Mayor of the City of New York, 

 and 

 To the Honorable Anning S. Prall, 



President of the Board of Education. 



Gentlemen : 



I take pleasure in transmitting a Special Report on the Free 

 Nature Education given by The American Museum of Natural 

 History in cooperation with the Public Schools of New York City 

 and vicinity, including a detailed account of the work for the year 

 1919, as submitted by Mr. George H. Sherwood, Curator of the 

 Department of Public Education, January 13, 1920. 



The work during 1919 has been carried on with the aid of the 

 following funds: 



Special appropriation by the Board of Education 



for school service $4,100.00 



Annual grant by the Board of Education for the 

 lending of lantern slides to the public 

 schools 2,000.00 



Assignment from the Museum's maintenance fund, 

 appropriated by the Board of Estimate 

 and Apportionment 4,509.98 



Special allotments from private funds and gifts, 



from Trustees' funds 10,994.55 



$21,604.53 



The contributions from private funds and gifts are really very 

 much larger than the figures indicate, because, as shown by the 

 subjects selected by the Museum teachers and lecturers and by the 

 parties of school children visiting the Museum, a large part of the 

 results of the private expenditures of all previous years is drawn upon. 



Very truly yours, 



HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, 



President, 



The American Museum of Natural History, 

 May 15, 1920. 



