REPORT OF 

 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



THE Executive Committee of the Board of Managers of the 

 New York Zoological Society takes pleasure in reporting 

 on the continued development of the New York Zoological Park 

 and the New York Aquarium. A large amount of construction 

 work has been under way in the Park during the year 1905, and 

 the efforts of your Committee have been especially directed t9ward 

 the completion of Baird Court and its approaches, especially on the 

 north, where the Concourse, when finished, will afford direct 

 access for automobiles and carriages from Pelham Avenue. The 

 scheme for the treatment of this most important section of the 

 Park has been given the closest consideration. Work is well 

 advanced on the Court itself, and plans for the Concourse are 

 practically completed. 



During the past year the attendance at the Zoological Park 

 showed a notable advance over 1904 and reached the enormous 

 total of 1,233,527, an increase of 128,912. This does not include 

 great throngs who visited that portion of the Park lying east of 

 Boston Road, of which no count has been kept. 



The attendance at the Aquarium during the year 1905 was 

 1,726,170, an increase of 100,400, and a daily average of 4,729. 

 The attendance at the Zoological Park and the Aquarium taken 

 together has steadily increased, and has reached a grand total for 

 the two institutions of 2,959,698, representing an annual cost to 

 the City of New York of less than seven cents for each visitor. 



The membership of the Society on January i. 1906, was as fol- 

 lows : 



Founders 25 



Associate Founders 11 



Patrons 44 



Life jMembers 180 



Annual ^Members iv335 



Making a total of 1,595 



