36 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Following this report will be found a complete statement of 

 the expenditures from the Park Improvement Fund to Decem- 

 ber 31, 1 90 1. This fund as continued will contain the unex- 

 pended balance and such large subscriptions as are from time 

 to time made for the purchase of animals, for construction, and 

 for the general purposes of the Society. 



The General or Annual Membership Fund has been swelled 

 during the year by an increase in our members, but is still far 

 from being adequate. This fund covers the various branches 

 of the Society's work, and must be increased to meet the in- 

 creasing demand for animals. The actual increase in member- 

 ship during the year has been one Founder, one Associate 

 Founder, ten Patrons, twenty-four Life Members, and one hun- 

 dred and twenty-nine Annual members, making a total of 165 

 new members. 



The one way in which each and every member of the Society 

 can assist the Executive Committee is by interesting their 

 friends. The Executive Committee is, and has been, making 

 every effort to increase the membership of the Society. While 

 the thousand mark has been passed, the Society will not be in 

 a safe position, as regards its fixed income, until out of the great 

 population of New York City, at least three thousand members, 

 paying ten dollars apiece annually, are secured. There must 

 be, during the coming year, a general effort to add to our roll 

 of members. If each existing member would send in but one 

 new name during the year, the Committee will greatly appre- 

 ciate the co-operation. 



The Society is entirely free from debt and outstanding obli- 

 gations, other than those covered by cash on hand, and the 

 financial status of the Society is on an absolutely sound basis. 



RELATIONS WITH THE CITY. 



During the past year the relations between the City authori- 

 ties and the Society have been extremely satisfactory, and the 

 Committee desires to publicly acknowledge its sense of obli- 

 gation not only to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 

 but to the Hon. August Moebus, Commissioner of Parks for 

 the Borough of the Bronx. 



The Society has again been obliged to supply considerable 

 'deficiencies in maintenance out of its own funds ; the City au- 



