TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT AT 
now awaiting shipment that are urgently needed to replenish 
the collections. 
The Society donated a collection of animals consisting of 
151 species and 329 specimens to the Antwerp Zoological Gar- 
dens. The Zoological Society of Antwerp showed their appre- 
ciation by presenting the Society, through its President and the 
Director of the Park, engraved resolutions of thanks and award- 
ing them “Cross of a Commander of the Order of the Belgian 
Crown.” 
The cost of transporting these collections, amounting to 
$1,829.47, was charged against the Cadwalader Animal Fund. 
CADWALADER ANIMAL FUND. 
The balance on hand at the end of the year amounted to 
$945.53. The only important charge against this account was 
the cost of the transporting the Society’s gift to the Antwerp 
Zoological Gardens. 
STOKES BIRD FUND. 
The balance at the end of the year amounted to $658.54. 
This fund was established for the protection of wild life in North 
America and no expenditures were made from it during the year. 
ENDOW MENT FUND. 
During the year, the Endowment Fund slowly increased from 
$370,701.25 to a total of $398,632.46, inclusive of securities and 
cash uninvested. After an existence of a quarter of a century 
and with an attendance larger than that of any scientific society 
in the world, to have an Endowment Fund of less than $400,000 
is discouraging. 
Your Committee are unable to understand why the Society 
should be repeatedly omitted in the wills of rich men who ap- 
parently search far and wide for objects for their benevolence. 
If the Society had an Endowment Fund in any degree on a 
parity with similar funds in sister institutions, the educational 
and scientific work of the Society could be multiplied many times. 
