^ During the past year, one of the most 

 dilJicult that ever confi-onts such an or- 

 ganization, because of the necessity of 

 conceyitratiyig public support on the ivork 

 of the Government and the organizations 

 in the direct conducting of the ivar 



THE 



NEW Jersey Audubon Society 



HAS INCREASED ITS MEMBERSHIP, 



MET THE OBLIGATIONS WHICH ITS OBJECTS IMPOSE, 



IN SPITE OF THE HANDICAP OF INSUFFICIENT 



FUNDS. AND DEVELOPED IN ALL RESPECTS 



EXCEPT FINANCIAL RESOURCES. 



If Increased its educational influence, 

 through the Press, Lectures, and work 

 in the Schools. 



tl Organized 373 School Bird Clubs, with 

 a total membership of 8,419, and provided 

 each of these 8,419 children with 10 Bird 

 Study Leaflets covering 17 of our com- 

 mon birds, — four pages of text, a colored 

 picture and an uncolored outline to be 

 colored by the pupil with each leaflet, — 

 at an expenditure of about $2,000. 



If Received in membership fees and vol- 

 untary contributions, together with bal- 

 ance from last year, nearly $6,200 and 

 expended over $6,100 in the work which 

 the war rendered doubly important, as 

 well as doubly difficult. 



