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ervation of the supply of water. During the rush of business at 

 the close of the session this bill was lost, but it will be introduced 

 again this year. 



OBITUARY. 



The Executive Committee regret to record the death, during 

 1905, of an Associate Founder — Mr. James C. Carter — and of 

 three Patrons — Messrs. Frederick A. Constable, Henry H. Cook, 

 and Adrian Iselin. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The Committee desires to renew its expression of appreciation 

 of the energy and skill of the Director of the Park and the 

 Director of the Aquarium and their respective staffs. 



It also desires to acknowledge the courtesy shown by the 

 Mayor, Hon. George B. McClellan, and by the Comptroller, Hon. 

 Edward M. Grout. The former has repeatedly manifested his 

 sympathy and interest in the completion of the Park. Mr. Grout 

 was especially helpful in acquiring the area to the east of the 

 Park, and also in his support of the Zoological Park as a whole. 



During the various changes in the Commissionership of the 

 Park Department for the Borough of the Bronx, the members of 

 that Department have been uniformly helpful and friendly toward 

 the work at the Park, and special acknowledgment is here made 

 to Mr. Martin Schenck, Chief Engineer, Mr. William P. Hen- 

 nessy. Assistant Engineer, and Mr. G. K. Ackerman, Chief Clerk, 

 all of the Park Department of the Borough of the Bronx. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Charles T. Barney, Chairman. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn, Philip Schuyler, 



Madison Grant, William White Niles, 



John S. Barnes, Samuel Thorne, 



Levi P. Morton, ex-oMcio. 



January i, 1906. 



