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Mr. Higinbotham took a very active interest as President of the Colum- 

 bian Exposition in seciiring for the Museiim a vast quantity of material, 

 which was the nucleus of the collections, and as Chairman of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the Musetmi for fifteen years and as President of the 

 Museum for twelve years, assisted effectively in the up-building of the 

 Institution. He presented the collection of Gems and Jewels now in- 

 stalled in a hall named in his honor and gave other interesting but less 

 costly material to the Museimi. Mr. Higinbotham was succeeded as 

 President by the incumbent of that office in 1909. 



At the last regular meeting of the year, the Trustees were informed 

 that the Founder of the Stanley Field Musetim Employes' Pension Fund 

 had suggested incorporating a system of life insurance in the benefits 

 of the pension plan and that the Committee in charge of pensions had 

 worked out a scheme which commended itself to Mr. Field. The Board 

 of Trustees gave its approval, and it is probable that by the first of 

 February, 1920, life insurance will be written upon the employes of 

 the Institution. 



Maintenance. — The budget authorized by the Board of Trustees 

 provided the simi of $156,380.00 for the maintenance of the Museum for 

 the year. The amount expended was $132,252.00, which snm includes 

 all expenditures made for preparing the entire contents of the Museum 

 for removal to the new building. A satisfactory margin of $24,130.00 

 appears as a result of the operations during the year. A further srnn. of 

 $9,039.00 was expended by special order of the Board of Trustees for 

 collections, bonuses referred to elsewhere, and expeditions, bringing 

 the total approximately to $141,300.00. 



PUBLICATIONS. — During the year four publications were issued, com- 

 prising parts of foirr volimies, details of which follow: 



Pub. 201. — ^Anthropological Series, Vol. XV, No. 3. Sino-Iranica. 



Chinese Contributions to the History of Civilization in 

 Ancient Iran with special reference to the History of 

 Cultivated Plants and Products. By Berthold Laufer. 

 1919. 446 pages. Edition 1,800. 



Pub. 202. — Report Series, Vol. V, No. 4. Annual Report of the Director 

 for the Year 1918. January 191 9. 69 pages, 26 halftones. 

 Edition 1,950. 



Pub. 203. — Zoological Series, Vol. XIII, Part II, No. 2. Catalogue of the 

 Birds of the Americas. By Charles B. Cory. 293 pages. 

 I colored plate. December 1919. Edition 1,200. 



