THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 48 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
The continued success of the Zoological Park and the Aqua- 
rium has been due in a very great degree to the loyalty and 
high sense of duty manifested by Director William T. Hornaday 
and Director Charles H. Townsend, and of their very efficient 
staffs of curators and assistants. Your committee feels that it 
has been extremely fortunate in the selection of the personnel 
of both these departments, and takes this opportunity of ex- 
pressing its appreciation of their zeal. Your committee also 
desires to acknowledge the continued interest and aid that it has 
received from the various City officers, without exception, and 
especiaily from His Honor, the Mayor, and the Comptroller, as 
well as the Park Commissioners, both for the Boroughs of The 
Bronx and Manhattan, and from their respective staffs of assist- 
ants. It is to the various members of these respective staffs 
due in no small degree that the relations between the municipal 
authorities and the Zoological Society have continued to be most 
satisfactory. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Henry FaAtrFIELD Osporn, Chairman, 
MADISON GRANT, 
Joun S. BARNEs, 
Percy R. Pyne, 
WILLIAM WHITE NILEs, 
SAMUEL THORNE, 
Levi P. Morton, ex officio. 
January I, 1909. 
The following resolution was passed on January 19, 1909, on 
the occasion of the resignation of Mr. Levi P. Morton as presi- 
dent : 
Resolved, That the Board of Managers receive with great 
regret the resignation of Hon. Levi P. Morton, as president of 
the New York Zoological Society, an office which he has filled 
with distinction for twelve years past. The Board of Man- 
agers desire to record their warm appreciation of Mr. Morton’s 
interest in the Society, and his generous support of the develop- 
ment of the Zoological Park. They also desire to convey to him 
their best wishes for his continued good health and welfare. 
