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Bronx protected from pollution. This secures for all time the 

 water supply of Bronx Park. 



On November 28, 1912, Governor John A, Dix reappointed 

 Mr. Grant as a member of the Commission for a period of five 

 years from July 25, 1912, leaving the personnel of the Com- 

 mission unchanged. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



During the campaign for the protection of wi\c\ life in 1912, 

 the influence of the Society has been strongly exerted in New 

 Jersey, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Montana, and several im- 

 portant victories have been won. Your committee feel that 

 the importance of this work can hardly be over-estimated, but 

 the Society is without adequate funds for its proper prose- 

 cution. 



Your committee has also assumed the expense of the publi- 

 cation and distribution of a book written by Dr. William T. 

 Hornaday, Director of the Zoological Park, entitled, "Our Van- 

 ishing Wild Life." This book contains above four hundred 

 pages, and deals, by means of statistics and pictures, with the 

 former abundance, present number and the means of preserv- 

 ing our existing wild mammals and birds. The initial cost is 

 $8,500. It is intended to print about ten thousand copies and 

 distribute them free to all members of the Federal Congress 

 and the legislatures of each state, as well as game commissions 

 and other officers interested in the preservation of wild life. 

 Your committee is endeavoring to secure contributions to 

 assist in the publication and distribution of this very important 

 document. A generous subscription of $1,000 has been received 

 from Mrs. Russell Sage for this purpose, and many others 

 are needed to assist in this work, which has been a labor of 

 love on the part of Dr. Hornaday. 



Largely through the influence of Dr. Hornaday, the matter 

 of purchasing the whole of Marsh Island, Louisiana, and estab- 

 lishing it as a game sanctuary, was properly brought to the 

 attention of Mrs. Russell Sage, with the result that she supplied 

 the entire amount necessary for the purchase of that island, 

 viz., $150,000. The island has 65 miles of coast line, and a 

 total area of 75,000 acres. 



A special subscription of $300 has been recetved from Miss 

 Serena Rhinelander for use in the preservation of bird life, 

 which is being expended in aid of the bill for the Federal pro- 

 tection of migratory birds now before Congress. 



