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L! Library and Apparatus Fund, and the Real Estate and Build-
l' , ing Fund, some of the latter not entirely due, which can be, and I
ought to be, collected. The payment ol many of these has
A been suspended on the alleged grounds of the depressed condi-
I   ( tion of the finances of the country, and I have been reluctant
I IIN to press their collection by law; but I trust that now, in view
I of our urgent necessities, effective appeals can be made to in-
duce the early payment of all these outstanding obligations
ll which are solvent. Of course, in so long a period, and under
such complications as tl1e country has passed through in the
V last few years, much of it (I have no means of knowing the
_ exact amount) will be unavailable. To this work, however,
with the co-operation of the Executive Committee, I shall ad- '
I, dress myself energetically in the future. ‘
In the midst of our financial difhculties, I trtist the Board
I will authorize the Executive Committee to take steps to keep
i‘ j h up the patronage of the Institution by the publication of the
j, reports and catalogues, and by a proper system of advertising.
. The increased patronage will, in my judgment, more than pay Jlmggéa
I for a liberal expenditure in this direction.   .,1;/ _  
. Another consideration of great importance is that of the con-  ` __,_..·*T
I tinued preservation and maintainance ofthe value and utility of
l the property which has been given by the public for educa-
ll tional purposes. Houses, Grounds, Apparatus, Libraries, .
{ Collections for the purposes of instruction, and especially for
Q z'11y>w·z»4vz’ instruction, continually need repairs, improvement,
ly renewal, alteration, or enlargement. No one can live in 'the
’ I plainest house without some expenditure for its preservation,
I and the larger and more valuable the buildings, the greater
  must be the expenditure. Neglect of these matters will be
Iii wrong, land I trust the Board, in its efR>rts to retrench ex-
  penses, will not lose sight of this most important matter. Our
  large property in the city and near to it, with the numerous
  College buildings, I’rofessors` residences, club-houses, shops,
",“` farm-houses, fences, &c., &c., are subject to unusual depreda-
  tions and damages.
l.  Especially would I urge that some immediate provision be
I A made for the preservation and utililization for educational pur-
r  poses of the valuable Museums of Natural History which I have
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