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deaths, however. reduce the net result to a gain of 98 members. 
The membership as of January 1, 1918, is as follows: 

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HMOUNGETS MUReCrpPebUtys 6. eee ee ee Be 18 
TENOYO TG SS cS VAMP DAL) Lee NS a + 15 
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IBAECONS hk coke a ee PA ee Mie ae te eae 32 
eke eM Desai ee he eel ae Oe Ue Ee 313 
SANT HTT TENET RES 0a) OYE Gi sete te tire Oe ner er 1,872 
ELL O WS Rae eine Pk tr era Ea ea cet oad Ve 35 
EOnoratyer MiemMbeisret.. 8 oe Pee eee lh a 
Corresponding. embers 20. 3.00) a fl 
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ATTENDANCE. 
The increase in the attendance of both institutions and espe- 
cially that of the Zoological Park has been satisfactory. The 
Aquarium continues to suffer from the conditions in Battery 
Park created by the war, and more particularly by reason of 
the construction of the subway which has greatly impeded access 
to that institution. The attendance at the Park and Aquarium 
for 1917, as compared with 1916, has been as follows: 
Park Aquarium 
LES Mots a oie tard Recker 1,898,414 1,595,118 
OMG Reem OE Re: 1,656,820 1,499,667 
COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 
A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, compiled 
January 1, 1918, is as follows: 
January 1, 1917 January 1, 291s 
Species Specimens Species Specimens 
Mammals. 207 617 205 611 
) Sib 600 [Rea RJ 816 2,788 813 Pop tlshs) 
Reptiles and Am- 
Dhibians) wee. 98 782 112 644 




1,121 4,187 1,130 4,054 
