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and your Committee expects to be able to maintain the Aquarium 

 during 1906 with that amount. 



Aqiiariuin Improvement Fund. — During the past year $16,- 

 632.88 was expended from the Aquarium Improvement Fund 

 and a balance of $8,694.64 remained at the beginning of the year, 

 all of which is either under contract or is required to complete 

 improvements under way. 



In the Treasurer's report detailed statements of all the above 

 funds are to be found. 



IMPORTANT GIFTS TO THE PARK. 



The most noteworthy gift of the year was the collection of 

 pheasants and other birds for the complete stocking of the Pheas- 

 ants' Aviary, which was presented by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff. Mr. 

 Nelson Robinson has contributed to the Animal Fund the sum of 

 $2,500 for the purchase of a young African rhinoceros, when- 

 ever one can be procured ; Mr. C. Ledyard Blair presented a 

 fine young female eland, and Mr. Charles T. Barney presented 

 the young West African elephant " Congo," an animal of great 

 rarity and interest. Miss Jean W. Simpson has authorized the 

 purchase of a gorilla, which when secured will be presented by 

 her. Mr. William Rockefeller added to the herd of deer already 

 presented by him three fine specimens, a buck and two does, of 

 the rare and interesting Burmese thameng or brow-antlered deer. 



The Duke of Bedford presented a full-grown Tashkent 

 wapiti, an animal very similar to the Altai wapiti, but larger 

 than our male specimen of the latter. 



The Society is also indebted for substantial gifts of money to 

 the following gentlemen : 



Mr. Grant B. Schley, Mr. Morris K. Jesup, 



Hon. Levi P. INIorton. Mr. John S. Barnes, 



Mr. John L. Cadwalader. Mr. Philip Schuyler, 



Mr. Tames T. Hill. Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



During the year the usual Annual Report and quarterly Bul- 

 letins have been published, together with several books of views 

 of the Park. 



The most important publication was " Sea Shore Life," the 



