TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 113 



Pensions were granted to the following persons : 



Geo. Moran (Incapacitated) Jan. 1, $25.00 per month. 



Mary E. Tompkins (Widow) Feb. 1, $25.00 per month. 



John Downing (Incapacitated) March 15, $30.00 per month. 



Mrs. John Smith (Widow) March 1, $20.00 per month. 



Mrs. John Downing (Widow) June 4, $673.00, settlement 

 in full. 



Mrs. A. Moranville (Widow) Nov. 5, $29.06 per month (for 

 4 years, 3 months, 25 days.) 



The Pension Fund Income Account funds available for pen- 

 sions at the close of the present year amounted to $57,844.55, a 

 net increase of $9,345.88 from last year. Of this, $2,353.70 came 

 from interest from investments, $3,068.50 were received as dues 

 from employees, and $8,000 came from the New York Zoological 

 Society as its contribution to the Pension Fund. 



The close of the year found the Pension Fund with 120 

 members, of which one hundred are employed in the Zoological 

 Park and twenty at the New York Aquarium ; this being fifteen 

 less than last year. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Wm. Pierson Hamilton, Hermann W. Merkel, 



Chairmmi. Secretary. 



