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J. A. Carruthers, Edgerly, La., guarded Cameron Island, Black Bayou, 

 Fifth Lake Bayou, Ged Island, Lost Lake, and Heron Island of Calcasieu, 

 which were the homes of 80 Roseate Spoonbills, 150 Large Egrets, 6,000 

 Snowy Egrets and many thousands of Ward's, Black-crowned, and Yellow- 

 crowned Night Herons and Louisiana Herons. 



R. D. Camp, Brownsville, Texas, guarded Green Island, Moro Island, and 

 Three Islands. The birds resorting here were: Reddish Egret, 4,000; Louisi- 

 ana Heron, 5,000; Ward's Heron, 6,000; Black-crowned Night Heron, 300; 

 Snowy Egret, 50; Large Egret, 15; Least Tern, 300; Black Skimmer, 500 and 

 Roseate Spoonbill, 75. 



The income from the Mary Dutcher Fund was used in this work. 



MISCELLANEOUS AND FINANCIAL 



The past year our Supply Department sold at cost of manufacture and 

 handling, 1,044 stereopticon slides. Several thousand dollars worth of Educa- 

 tional Leaflets, bird-books, field-glasses, bird-charts, and other aids to bird 

 students were also supplied to the public. From the home office there were 

 issued 2,025,000 Educational Leaflets, and other circulars to the number 

 of 740,000. 



Within the year there were enrolled 152 life members at $100 each. The 

 amount realized from this source, together with $1,148.55 in gifts, and $1,191.72 

 transferred from the general surplus totals $17,540.27 that have been added 

 to the General Endowment Fund. 



The gift of $200,000 referred to above, and which by request of the donor 

 will be known as the 'Permanent Fund of 1922,' was upon its receipt tempo- 

 rarily invested in Government bonds. Later, when a permanent investment 

 in the form of mortgages was arranged for, the Government bonds were 

 disposed of by your Finance Committee at a higher rate than the original 

 cost. The Permanent Fund of 1922 therefore stands today at $201,851.42. 

 Only the interest from this will be used from year to year. 



The number of sustaining members, the fee for which is $5 annually, has 

 been advanced to 4,553. The total income of the Association for the year 

 was $335,101.42. 



DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERS 



The following statement shows the distribution by states of sustaining 

 and life members of the National Association of Audubon Societies as these 

 existed at the close of the fiscal year, October 19, 1922: 



Sustaining Life 



Members Members Total 



Alabama 3 2 5 



Arizona 3 1 4 



Arkansas 3 3 



