34 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
for the accuracy and fidelity with which he has administered its 
accounts. Mr. Barney was elected Treasurer to fill the vacancy. 
A large amount of business has been transacted in the General 
Office of the Society under the direction of the Secretary. 
FINANCES AND CONSTRUCTION. 
AN INCREASE OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO 3,000 NECESSARY, 
A strong effort has been made to increase the membership, and 
several thousand invitations to join the Society have been sent 
out, resulting in the addition of nine life and one hundred and 
thirty-four annual members during the past year. The member- 
ship on January I, 1901, was nine hundred and sixty-nine of all 
classes. There have been only seventeen resignations. The total 
increase during the year 1900 was as follows: 
Patrons a iene ete eee ee eee ae ee ae 4 
Life (Membegs! oe. thw ee eee ee 18 
Annual Members-e eee oe 218 
The income from annual members is now about $8,000 in ad- 
dition to Life Membership fees. From the General Fund $7,000 
was transferred to the Park Improvement Fund during 1Ig00, 
for construction, purchase of animals and deficiency in main- 
tenance. 
It is very desirable to increase the number of annual members 
to 3,000, and thereby increase our income to $30,000. This will 
enable us to supply the Park very handsomely with animals, and 
make constant additions to our buildings. The City Mainten- 
ance Fund will rise gradually, but we shall need at least $30,000 
a year above this, and the citizens of New York can readily sub- 
scribe it. The London Society receives about $36,000 a year 
from its members. 
When the two tropical buildings, the Lion House and Monkey 
House, now beginning construction, are completed, we shall need 
at least $30,000 a year to add smaller installations and to keep 
the Park fully supplied with animals from all parts of the world. 
The initial cost of supplying the Monkey House will be not less 
than $6,000. 
It is necessary, moreover, to begin scientific and popular pub- 
lications, and to get in closer touch with the educational system 
of the city. 
