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ship during the past year, with satisfactory results. It is the duty 
of each member of the Society to supply at least one new member 
each year. It has been found that only in this manner can the 
membership of the Society be kept up and enlarged, and our 
efforts must continue until we are in a sound financial condition 
with a membership reaching 3,000. 
It is believed that a large number of young people could be 
interested in the work of the Society, and members are invited to 
use their efforts to get their young people to join the Society. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
During the year the four regular numbers of the Society’s 
Bulletin have been issued, as well as the Annual Report; and a 
new edition of the Guide Book was brought out. 
GAME PROTECTION. 
During the year the interests of game protection were seriously 
menaced by a bill introduced by Senator Dillingham of Virginia, 
repealing, in the alleged interest of the natives, practically all the 
restrictions on the slaughter of game in Alaska. The Society 
opposed this bill vigorously, and the measure has been practically 
abandoned, although still in the Senate Committee. __ 
A similar attempt was made on a smaller scale in the State of 
New York by the enemies of game preservation, by means of 
a bill introduced in the Assembly which sought to repeal the 
law prohibiting the spring shooting of ducks. This bill was also 
opposed by the Society and ultimately defeated. 
During the year other successful efforts have been made look- 
ing toward the protection of game, more particularly birds, in 
connection with the League of American Sportsmen, and other- 
wise. 
At the International Zoological Congress held at Berne, 
Switzerland, the Society was ably represented by Prof. Henry 
Fairfield Osborn, its Vice-President. 
AQUARIUM. 
During the year 1904 the attendance was 1,625,770, an in- 
crease over 1903 amounting to 77,879, making the average daily 
attendance through the year 4,454. The increased attendance 
was doubtless due to the fact that the building was kept open 
