Jan., 191 7. Annual Report of the Director. 109 



Disbursements 



Salaries $71,161.98 



Guard Service 12,006.13 



Janitor Service 6,807.34 



Fire Protection 3,306.64 



Light and Heat 13,132.28 



Repairs and Alterations : 



Wages — Carpenters, Painters, Roofers, etc. . , $7,799.01 



Materials used — lumber, paints, oils, glass, etc. . 554-83 8,353.84 



Furniture and Fixtures: 



Cases and Bases 5,365.00 



Office Furniture and Herbarium Cases .... 845.00 6,210.00 



The Library: 



Books and Periodicals 805.60 



Binding 552.85 



Sundries 136.98 1,495.43 



Collections, etc., purchased 14,848.28 



Installation expense 2,158.79 



Expeditions 18.55 



Publications 1,587.21 



Picture Postal Cards 232.65 



Sections of Photography and Printing — Supplies . . 323.44 



General Expense Account: 



Freight, Expressage and Teaming $1,211.65 



Stationery, Postage and Telephone 826.48 



Liability Insurance 663.52 



Sundries 1,500.09 4,201.74 



Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Fund 78.55 



Arthur B. Jones Buffalo Group Fund 125.00 



Stanley Field Ornithology Fund 925.00 



H. W. Jackson Library Fund — Investments .... 20.00 

 New Building Moving and Furnishing Fund — Invest- 

 ments 23,400.00 



Life Memberships Fund — Investments 26,321.25 



Picture Postal Cards Fund — Certificate of Deposit . 375-76 



Endowment Sinking Fund — Investments .... 1,010.00 



General Fund Investments (In Suspense) .... 2,225.00 



$200,324.86 



In Treasurer's hands, December 31, 1916: 



General Fund $2,188.49 



New Exhibition Cases Fund 791.60 



Life Memberships Fund 1,514.60 



Sundry other Funds 1,179.20 5,673.89 



Petty Cash on hand, December 31,1916 739-95 



$206,738.70 



