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Maintenance.— The Annual Budget authorized by the Board 

 of Trustees provided the sum of $174,290 for the maintenance of the 

 Museum for the fiscal year. The actual amount expended was 

 $145,512, leaving a balance within the anticipated expense for the year 

 of $28,778. In addition to the cost of maintenance, sums were 

 expended for collections and new installation, expeditions, etc., that 

 brought the total to $198,472. As will be observed from the details 

 of the financial statement, the total sum of $21,163, i n individual 

 contributions has also been disbursed for special collections and 

 expeditions. 



Lecture Course. — The Spring and Autumn Lecture Courses, 

 comprising course number thirty in March and April and course 

 number thirty-one in October and November, seventeen lectures in 

 all, had the same gratifying attendance that has now become the 

 custom. There have been few lectures when the demands for ad- 

 mission have not exceeded the capacity of the hall, and in no case 

 has the attendance been unsatisfactory. 



Following is the Thirtieth Free Lecture Course, with the subjects 

 and lecturers, delivered during the months of March and April, 1909: 

 March 6. — "The R. F. Cummings' Philippine Expedition: Travels 

 Among the Bataks, Apayaos, and Tinguians." 

 Mr. F. C. Cole, Ethnologist. 

 March 13. — "The Nation's Resources and the Nation's Future." 



Prof. Joseph A. Holmes, Geological Survey, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



March 20. — "An Ancient Delta and its Fossil Treasures." 



Prof. E. C. Case, University of Michigan. 

 March 27. — ■ "The Yosemite National Park." 



Mr. William E. Curtis, Washington, D. C. 

 April 3. — "Cross Roads in Evolution." 



Dr. N. Dearborn, Assistant Curator of Ornithology. 

 April 10. — " Evolution of Swimming Animals." 



Mr. E. N. Gueret, Assistant Curator of Osteology. 

 April 17. — "The German South Seas — I. Solomon Islands and 



New Ireland." 



Prof. George A. Dorsey, Curator of Anthropology. 

 April 24. — "The German South Seas — II. New Guinea." 



Prof. George A. Dorsey, Curator of Anthropology. 

 Following is the Thirty-first Free Lecture Course, with the 

 subjects and lecturers, delivered during the months of October and 

 November, 1909: 



