EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. 



William Dutcher, President 

 Frederic A. Lucas, Acting President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President Jonathan Dwight, Treasurer 

 Samuel T. Carter, Jr., Attorney 



Any person, club, school or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may become 

 a member of it, and all are welcome. 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild 

 Birds and Animals: 



$5 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 Si, 000 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS 



Just ten years ago, that is in January, 

 1905, the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies was incorporated, and began mak- 

 ing its call to the public for support. How 

 well the appeal has been received, and how 

 the Association's financial strength has 

 increased every year, is shown by the 

 following statement of the actual cash 

 income each year for current expenses: 



Year Income 



1905 $12,498 07 



1906 12,736 07 



1907 17,978 53 



1908 24,355 51 



1900 25,599 26 



1910 31,602 62 



iQti 42,575 20 



T912 55,838 21 



1913 70,186 72 



IQ14 80,320 99 



Total $373,691 27 



In addition to the above, various 

 amounts have been set aside to constitute 

 a permanent Endowment Fund, the inter- 

 est only of which has been used for current 

 expenses, and this interest is, of course, 

 included in the above statement. The 

 largest single item that contributed to 

 make the Endowment what it is today came 

 from the bequest of Albert Wilcox, part 

 payment of which was made in 1906, and 

 the remainder in 1907, and which totaled 



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$331,072. Other bequests received, and 

 placed in this permanent fund, are as 

 follows; James W. Bartlett, $475; E. B. 

 Repp, $284.50; heirs of L. F. Dommerich, 

 $5,000; Caroline M. Martin, $1,900; and 

 Elizabeth Drummond, $3,000. 



The Mary Dutcher Memorial Fund, 

 amounting now to $7,737.70, is a part of 

 the Endowment, as also are certain specific 

 gifts, and the fees of 231 Life Members, 

 the last alone amounting to $23,100. 



If one adds the amount which has been 

 collected for current expenses to the sum 

 of the combined items that have gone to 

 make up the Endowment Fund, it will 

 be seen that the total amounts to $749,- 

 669.30. It is thus that the people have 

 responded to the calls of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies. The 

 reason for the generous help extended is 

 well illustrated by a typical letter received 

 recently from a member, who, when send- 

 ing in his annual fee of $5, said: "I am 

 always glad to send in my small contribu- 

 tion, for I know the management is wisely 

 handled, and the accomplishments of the 

 Society have been astounding." 



It is believed that the following tabulated 

 statement of the Endowment Fund will be 

 of interest to many members of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



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