744 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
which have been of the utmost importance in the consummation of 
plans for future development. 
George S. Pepper, in 1900, bequeathed to the'Academy $25,000 
and a percentage of his residuary estate, the amounts to be held in 
trust, the income only to be applied to the uses of the institution. 
The James Aitken Meigs Fund was erected on the legacy of 
John G. Meigs, of $20,000, and the library of his son, James 
Aitken Meigs, M.D., a former Librarian of the Academy. Ten 
thousand dollars of this was left for the care and increase of the 
library and the remainder without condition. 
From Miss Anna T. Jeanes was received the gift of $20,000, to 
be known as the Mary Jeanes Fund, the interest to be used for the 
care and increase of the museum. 
In addition to amounts noted in earlier reports, $16,650 have 
been received from the Henry N. Johnson estate for the general 
purposes of the Academy. 
Robert T. Lamborn, M. D., who died in 1895, bequeathed his 
estate to the Academy, “ to be used in biological and anthropological 
researches, the income only to be used and the principal reinvested.” 
A question as to the validity of the will under the New York State 
law having been raised by the heirs-at-law, a compromise was 
effected on the basis of one-half the estate coming to the Academy 
and the balance to them. Up to the present time $365,000 have 
been realized for the society. A conservative estimate places the 
value of the Academy’s portion of the estate at half a million. 
Charles E. Smith, in 1900, bequeathed his botanical books, 
maps, collections and one-sixth part of the sum realized from the 
sale of real and personal property, the interest accruing from such 
sum to be applied to and expended on maintenance and for no other 
purpose whatever. Twenty-five thousand dollars have been realized 
from this source to date, with the certainty of important additions 
in the future. 
As soon as the earlier of these legacies became available, steps 
were at once taken to broaden the work of the institution in vari¬ 
ous directions. The Proceedings were distributed to members; the 
salaries of the scientific staff were increased; three new assistants 
engaged; improvements were made to the buildings; new cases 
were substituted for those originally erected in the museum, and 
important additions to the shelving capacity of the library were 
