OFFICERS. EDWARD E. AYER, President. MARTIN A. RYERSON, First Vice-President. NORMAN B. REAM, Second Vice-President. BYRON L. SMITH, Treasurer. STAFF OF THE MUSEUM. DIRECTOR. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. W. H. HOLMES, Curator. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. O. C. FARRINGTON, Curator. H. W. NICHOLS, Curator of Economic Geology. WILLARD A. SMITH, Hon. Curator. J. G. PANGBORN, Hon. Curator. DEPARTMENT OF COLUMBUS MEMORIAL. THE RECORDER IN CHARGE. WILLIAM E. CURTIS, Hon. Curator. THE LIBRARY. E. L. BURCHARD, Recorder and Librarian. 1894-1895. To the Trustees and Members of the Field Columbian Museum, I have the honor to present a report of the operations of the Museum for the year closing September 30, 1895. Much of the work of this first full year has necessarily been of a preparatory character and of systematizing the methods for conducting the affairs of the Institution. Necessarily also from the very nature of the circumstances under which the original installation was accomplished, much re-arrangement and re-adjustment has been carried on in all of the departments. And as to the building itself and its interior arrangement, considerable reconstruction and re-adaptation has been demanded to render the building more fit for the unexpected uses to which it is now devoted. Viewing its present condition, it would seem almost as if nothing had been done. And yet in contemplating what has been accomplished from the commencement, the criticism of idleness will certainly not fall upon the executive force. INCOME AND MAINTENANCE. In accordance with the instructions of the Executive Committee, the Director prepared in January last a budget of the income and cost of maintenance for the actual year of 1895. The total estimated income for the year was $70,770. The estimated expense for the year was $104,296. An effort has been made to increase the revenue and decrease the expenses, with the result that by taking the actual figures for nine months of the year to October 1, and estimating very carefully and conservatively the figures likely to be made for the three remaining months, it is found that the income for 1895 will be $74,095, and that the cost of maintenance for 1895 will be $80,672, a very gratifying contrast with the estimate made the first of the year. These figures do not include special cash donations, nor do they include special appropriations for material and permanent improvements made by the Executive Committee. THE MEMBERSHIPS.-The By-laws published elsewhere in this report explain the different characters of memberships and disclose the conditions under which they may be secured. the Secretary of the Corporation, nominations for Annual Mem 7 Under the direction of |