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American Museum of Natural History, from specimens col- 

 lected in Alaska and British Columbia by the Stone expeditions, 

 which were supported by funds contributed jointly by friends of 

 the Museum and of the Zoological Society. This is an interest- 

 ing example of the value of co-operative scientific work. 



Gifts to the American Museum of Natural History. It is a fort- 

 unate circumstance that every loss to the Society in the Zoological 

 Park is not a real loss to the City ; it is instead a gain, because all 

 rare and valuable animals are immediately transferred for taxi- 

 dermic and scientific purposes to the American Museum of Natu- 

 ral History and become a part of the exhibitions in that insti- 

 tution. Our losses during the past year have also enriched the 

 museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, by gifts 

 of specimens which would have merely duplicated the collections 

 in the American Museum. 



Photography. The photographic department, under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Sanborn, has been systematized and rapidly developed 

 during the past year. It has now become truly a part of the 

 scientific work of the Society. These photographs have not only 

 been published in our Bulletins, in the public press, as a means 

 of arousing interest, but they have been sought by a number of 

 publishers for the illustration of works of permanent value and 

 influence in natural history. By writing to the Park, members 

 may obtain a series of very artistic pictures of many of the animals 

 in their natural surroundings. 



Game Protection. This should rank first among the scientific 

 services rendered by the Society during the past year. Chiefly 

 through the activity of our Secretary, Mr. Grant, the Society has 

 either initiated or encouraged measures, such as the Act by Con- 

 gressman John F. Lacey, for the preservation of game in Alaska, 

 and by the Canadian Government for the preservation of game in 

 northwest British Columbia. We have also been able to exert, 

 through our Secretary, considerable influence in drafting a meas- 

 ure providing for the preservation of game in Newfoundland. 



GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 



The Committee desire to extend to the members of the Society 

 their cordial acknowledgment of the support received during the 

 past year in the form of prompt and generous response to various 

 requests for donations and gifts. 



We are indebted to our architects, Messrs. Heins & La Farge, 

 for the successful completion of the designs of the newer build- 



