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amount ($46,500) has been allotted to the Aquarium for 1904, 
and the Committee hopes, with careful management, to avoid a 
deficit in this Fund during the coming year. If the City had pro- 
vided an increase of the maintenance, the additional amount could 
have been devoted to the increase of the collections exhibited in 
the Aquarium. 
Aquarium Improvement Fund.—The bond issue of $30,000 pro- 
vided for the alteration and improvement of the Aquarium be 
came available late in the spring, and is practically all under con- 
tract. A full statement of this fund will be found in the Treas- 
urer’s report. 
MEMBERSHIP. 
The present membership of the Society is as follows: 
Pounders nl. oss gate 24 New members in 1903 200 
Associate Founders. . 12 . — 
Patron ais. s siete 49 ef . I 
Life Members <3),3.2 0: 165 ef af 9 
Annual Members ... 1,103 i gi 211 
Matalle ieee cia 7.253 . S 223 
The Society is in need of an increase in membership, and the 
most effective manner in which the present members can aid the 
organization is by sending in the names of friends, for election to 
the Society. From now on the privileges of members will be 
greatly enlarged, and an increasing proportion of the proceeds 
from annual dues will be devoted to publications and other bene- 
fits especially for members. The membership should be at least 
double its present size. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
During the year 1903, the four regular numbers of the quar- 
terly Bulletin have been issued, as well as the Annual Report and 
the sixth edition of the Guide Book. 
GIFTS. 
The Society has been fortunate during the year in receiving 
a number of handsome donations, for which the Committee de- 
sires to take this opportunity to express the thanks of the Society. 
