54 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
CONSERVATION. 
During the year, the Society took part in the preservation 
of the Redwoods of California, and at a meeting of the Execu- 
tive Committee held on October 11, 1917, the following reso- 
lution was passed and forwarded to the proper authorities in 
California: 
Resolved, That the New York Zoological Society cordially endorses the 
proposed California State Reserve of the great grove of Redwoods known as 
the Bull Creek Flat grove on Elk River, California, and urges the Governor 
of California to secure proper legislation or executive action to provide for the 
permanent protection of these magnificent trees. 
There is reason to believe that this splendid stand of Red- 
woods will be ultimately set aside as a state reserve. 
RATTLESNAKE SERUM. 
Two hundred and fifty tubes of rattlesnake serum have been 
received from the Government of Brazil for the use of the United 
States Army. The Society has reciprocated by sending to Brazil 
a large collection of live rattlesnakes from Texas. 
ELEPHANT HOUSE DOOR. 
The African elephant, Khartoum, has increased rapidly in 
size and is beginning to show the vicious character of an adult 
male elephant. In order to provide against future contingencies 
a sliding door has been constructed in the Elephant House so 
that Khartoum can be transferred from one stall to another with- 
out danger. Under the authorization of the Board of Estimate 
and Apportionment, $1,400 was transferred from the unex- 
pended balance originally appropriated for the Hospital Build- 
ing, and was used for this purpose. 
ELEPHANT HOUSE ROOF, NESBIT SUIT. 
During the month of February, 1917, the corporation Coun- 
sel notified the Society that the City had collected $2,250 from 
the Peoples Surety Company, surety for Nesbit and Company, 
contractors, for defective work on the roof of the Elephant 
House, making a total of $4,500 collected from Nesbit and Com- 
pany and their surety. 
