TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT ns 
Pensions were granted to the following persons: 
Geo. Moran (Incapacitated) Jan. 1, $25.00 per month. 
Mary E. Tompkins (Widow) Feb. 1, $25.00 per month. 
John Downing (Incapacitated) March 15, $30.00 per month. 
Mrs. John Smith (Widow) March 1, $20.00 per month. 
Mrs. John Downing (Widow) June 4, $673.00, settlement 
in full. 
Mrs. A. Moranville (Widow) Nov. 5, $29.06 per month (for 
4 years, 3 months, 25 days.) 
The Pension Fund Income Account funds available for pen- 
sions at the close of the present year amounted to $57,844.55, a 
net increase of $9,345.88 from last year. Of this, $2,353.70 came 
from interest from investments, $3,068.50 were received as dues 
from employees, and $8,000 came from the New York Zoological 
Society as its contribution to the Pension Fund. 
The close of the year found the Pension Fund with 120 
members, of which one hundred are employed in the Zoological 
Park and twenty at the New York Aquarium; this being fifteen 
less than last year. 
Respectfully submitted, 
WM. PIERSON HAMILTON, HERMANN W. MERKEL, 
Chairman. Secretary. 
