38 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
OUNGEES es. 40 ee ee A ee ee 19 
Associate —ounderss) 4.) 4 
Patrons (eas Se ree ae ead 33 
cites Membensts. =] ee ae Ae ele 302 
BOM OW Sie ra LAS Ret ee ig tate Bel 34 
Annual Members: <2...) tase 2 oes 179i 
Honorary and Corresponding Members 15 
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ATTENDANCE. 
The attendance at the Park and the Aquarium for 1916, as 
compared with 1915, has been as follows: 
Park Aquarium 
OMG pate. weexsons Oe eee 1,656,820 1,499,667 
MONG ons. terse et eta 1,780,077 1,538,831 
The decrease at the Aquarium is primarily due to the con- 
tinuance of war conditions which has affected all activities along 
the water front. Special and adverse conditions occurred during 
the past year, by reason of the car strike on the surface lines, 
and more particularly, because of the epidemic of infantile par- 
alysis, which, of course, greatly diminished the attendance of 
children at the Zoological Park. 
COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 
A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, compiled 
January 1, 1917, is as follows: 
January 1, 1916 January 1, 1917 
Species Specimens Species Specimens 
Mammals 222-2 Zalak 636 207 617 
Bind Saracen on eae 813 Past (33 816 2,788 
Reptiles and Am- 
phibians: ===. 157 791 98 782 
1,181 4,200 1,121 4,187 
The health of the collections on the whole continues to be 
