Author: American Museum Of Natural History

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780666952059

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Trustees Constitution, by-Laws, and List of Members: For the Year 1884-5 The Trustees of the american museum OF natural history present this their Sixteenth Annual Report to the Patrons, Fellows, and Members of the Museum. The Treasurer's account Shows the receipts of the year to have been This includes received from the estate Of the late Wm. E. Dodge, contributed to found a permanent endowment fund; also con tributed by the Trustees to make up the annual deficiency. The expenditures were for maintenance, and for improvements and additions. These purchased additions were mostly new species, and comprise 44 specimens of North American birds, 29 speci mens of North American mammals, and 20 monkeys; also specimens of minerals, fossils, and insects, and 17 volumes of needed books for the Library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.