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surplus stock, brought in by the collector from time to time, 
were supplied liberally to the teachers of biology in the public 
schools. 
DEATHS. 
The Committee announces with great regret the death of one 
of its best friends, a member of the Board of Managers, Class 
of 1907, Hon. William C. Whitney, whose gifts to the Society 
amounted to nearly $20,000; also of Mr. Joseph Stickney, a 
member of the Board of Managers, Class of 1905. The vacan- 
cies caused by the death of the above managers were filled by the 
election of Mr. Frederick Gilbert Bourne, Class of 1907, and 
of Mr. Grant B. Schley, Class of 1905. 
The Society also sustained the loss of an Honorary Member, 
Monsieur F. L’hoést, Director of the Zoological Society of 
Antwerp. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
Before closing this report your Committee wishes to express 
its sense of appreciation of the cordial co-operation of the Mayor 
and Comptroller, as well as of the Park Commissioners of the 
Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. All these gentlemen 
have been very helpful to the Society, and have shown an earnest 
desire to facilitate and extend its work. 
To the Director of the Zoological Park, and to all members 
of his staff, the Committee again desire to acknowledge their 
appreciation of unflagging zeal in the interests of the Society. 
The good work of all the members of the Park force has been 
so uniform that it is impossible to single out any one individual. 
The thanks of the Committee are also due to the Director of 
the Aquarium and his assistants, and the constant increase in 
the attendance of this institution testifies to their zeal and energy. 
Respectfully submitted, 
CHARLES T. BARNEY, Chairman. 
Henry FAIRFIELD OSBORN, Mapison GRANT, 
JouHNn S. Barnes, PHILIP SCHUYLER, 
WILLIAM WHITE NILES, SAMUEL THORNE, 
Levi P. Morton, Ex-officio. 
January I, 1905. 
