TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 47 



now awaiting shipment that are urgently needed to replenish 

 the collections. 



The Society donated a collection of animals consisting of 

 151 species and 329 specimens to the Antwerp Zoological Gar- 

 dens. The Zoological Society of Antwerp showed their appre- 

 ciation by presenting the Society, through its President and the 

 Director of the Park, engraved resolutions of thanks and award- 

 ing them "Cross of a Commander of the Order of the Belgian 

 Crown." 



The cost of transporting these collections, amounting to 

 $1,829.47, was charged against the Cadwalader Animal Fund. 



CADWALADER ANIMAL FUND. 



The balance on hand at the end of the year amounted to 

 $945.53. The only important charge against this account was 

 the cost of the transporting the Society's gift to the Antwerp 

 Zoological Gardens. 



STOKES BIRD FUND. 



The balance at the end of the year amounted to $658.54. 

 This fund was established for the protection of wild life in North 

 America and no expenditures were made from it during the year. 



ENDOWMENT FUND. 



During the year, the Endowment Fund slowly increased from 

 $370,701.25 to a total of $398,632.46, inclusive of securities and 

 cash uninvested. After an existence of a quarter of a century 

 and with an attendance larger than that of any scientific society 

 in the world, to have an Endowment Fund of less than $400,000 

 is discouraging. 



Your Committee are unable to understand why the Society 

 should be repeatedly omitted in the wills of rich men who ap- 

 parently search far and wide for objects for their benevolence. 

 If the Society had an Endowment Fund in any degree on a 

 parity with similar funds in sister institutions, the educational 

 and scientific work of the Society could be multiplied many times. 



