88  Field  Columbian  Museum — Reports,  Vol.  i. 
together  have  not  been  fully  rewarded,  as  indeed  was  not  expected, 
although  a  saving  has  been  made  in  the  budget,  of  $14,530.  By 
estimating  the  income  and  expenses  of  the  four  months  to  January 
1st,  the  deficit  for  maintenance,  it  is  found,  will  approximate  $15,000; 
i.  e.,  income  $72,250,  expenditures  $86,690.  It  will  be  borne  in  mind 
in  this  connection,  as  was  the  case  in  the  last  report,  that  these  fig- 
ures do  not  include  special  cash  donations,  nor  special  appropriations, 
made  by  the  Executive  Committee,  for  material  and  permanent 
improvements. 
The  Memberships. — Nominations  for  Annual  Membership  were 
made  in  very  large  numbers  at  the  beginning  of  this  year,  and  the 
total  membership  of  this  class  now  registered  is  610.  A  large  pro- 
portion of  the  old  Annual  Members  are  found  upon  this  year's  list,  but 
the  number  of  new  names  cannot  be  said  to  be  very  gratifying, 
although  every  effort  has  been  made  to  secure  an  increased  member- 
ship. Several  Honorary  Life  Members  have  been  elected  by  the  Trus- 
tees: Mary  D.  Sturges,  Harlow  N.  Higinbotham,  George  M. 
Pullman,  and  Edward  E.  Ayer.  Frederick  J.  V.  Skiff,  Willard  A. 
Smith  and  W.  I.  Buchanan  have  been  elected  Patrons. 
Lecture  Course. — Two  series  of  lectures  have  been  given  since 
the  last  Annual  Report,  most  of  them  being  illustrated  with  stereop- 
ticon  views.     The  fourth  course  comprised  nine  lectures: 
Oct.  5.  —  "Cats  and  the  Lands  they  Inhabit."- 
D.  G.  Elliot,  Curator  of  Zoology,  Field  Columbian 
Museum. 
Oct.  12.  —  "  Living  Pictures  of  Invertebrate  Animals." 
'  A.  H.  Cole,  University  of  Chicago. 
Oct.  19.  —  "Edible  and  Poisonous  Mushrooms." 
C.  F.  Millspaugh,  Curator  of  Botany,  Field  Colum- 
bian Museum. 
Oct.  26.  — "  A  Chapter  in  the  Early  History  of  Chicago." 
O.  C.  Farrington,  Curator  of  Geology,  Field  Colum- 
bian Museum. 
Nov.  2.  —  "Structure  and  Natural  History  of  Sharks." 
O.   P.    Hay,    Asst.   Curator  of    Ichthyology,  Field 
Columbian  Museum. 
Nov.  9.  —  "On  the  Origin  of  Coal." 
H.  W.  Nichols,  Curator  of  Economic  Geology,  Field 
Columbian  Museum. 
*  Repeated  by  request. 
