38 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



The membership of the Society, as of December 31, 1918, 

 is as follows: 



Benefactors 7 



Founders in Perpetuity 18 



Founders 15 



Associate Founders 9 



Patrons 32 



Life Members 306 



Annual Members 1,849 



Fellows 35 



Honorary Members 7 



Corresponding Members 8 



Total 2,286 



ATTENDANCE. 



The general war conditions during 1918 and the influenza 

 epidemic were largely responsible for a slight decrease in the 

 attendance at the Zoological Park. 



The Aquarium also has continued to feel the loss of the 

 attendance which naturally resulted from the use of Battery 

 Park while shipping along the waterfront was active, and while 

 visitors to Ellis Island were numerous. 



The piles of material in Battery Park for construction and 

 excavations of the subway having been removed, the Aquarium 

 is now more accessible and your Committee expect the attend- 

 ance will be normal in the immediate future. 



The actual figures of attendance for 1918 are as follows : 



Park Aquarium 



1918 1,770,437 1,450,609 



1917 1,898,414 1,595,118 



COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 



A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, compiled 

 December 31, 1918, is as follows: 



December 31, 1917 December 31, 1918 



Species Specimens Species Specimens 



Mammals 205 



Birds 813 



Reptiles and Am- 

 phibians 112 



1,130 4,054 998 3,450 



