Resolution 
of the 
Executive Committers of the Board of Managers 
of the New York Zoological Society 
passed Deeember 12, 1911 
Capt. John Sanford Barnes 
mho Died at the Citu of Nem York, November 22, 1911, 
berame one of the Managers of the Nem York Zonlogi- 
ral Sorietu, and a member of the Executive Committee 
in Hanuary, 1897, and served actively until his death. 
Captain Barnes Deserves no small share of the 
credit of the successful organization of the Society, and 
in its rarlu struggles his cheerful enthusiasm and conft- 
Deuce were a constant source of inspiration and help 
to his assoriates, rsprrially in the negotiations with 
the miuniripal authorities Leading ta the foundation of 
the Zoological Park. 
Che Executive Committee experience in his death 
the loss of a friend, a counsellor and a great hearted 
gentleman, slom and cautious in criticism and rurr 
prompt and geurrous in approval and praise. fis loss 
to the Soriety, and to the City, is one that is deeply 
felt, and his colleagues Desire to record their profound 
sense of personal berravement and their appreriation 
of his tireless service in the rause of science, and in 
the work of the Zoological Sorirtu. 
