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ship during the past year, with satisfactory results. It is the duty 

 of each member of the Society to supply at least one new member 

 each year. It has been found that only in this manner can the 

 membership of the Society be kept up and enlarged, and our 

 efforts must continue until we are in a sound financial condition 

 with a membership reaching 3,000. 



It is believed that a large number of young people could be 

 interested in the work of the Society, and members are invited to 

 use their efforts to get their young people to join the Society. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



During the year the four regular numbers of the Society's 

 Bulletin have been issued, as well as the Annual Report ; and a 

 new edition of the Guide Book was brous:ht out. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



During the year the interests of game protection were seriously 

 menaced by a bill introduced by Senator Dillingham of Virginia, 

 repealing, in the alleged interest of the natives, practically all the 

 restrictions on the slaughter of game in Alaska. The Society 

 opposed this bill vigorously, and the measure has been practically 

 abandoned, although still in the Senate Committee. 



A similar attempt was made on a smaller scale in the State of 

 New York by the enemies of game preservation, by means of 

 a bill introduced in the Assembly which sought to repeal the 

 law prohibiting the spring shooting of ducks. This bill was also 

 opposed by the Society and ultimately defeated. 



During the year other successful efforts have been made look- 

 ing toward the protection of game, more particularly birds, in 

 connection with the League of American Sportsmen, and other- 

 wise. 



At the International Zoological Congress held at Berne, 

 Switzerland, the Society was ably represented by Prof. Henry 

 Fairfield Osborn, its Vice-President. 



AQUARIUM. 



During the year 1904 the attendance was 1,625,770, an in- 

 crease over 1903 amounting to 77, ^7^, making the average daily 

 attendance through the year 4,454. The increased attendance 

 was doubtless due to the fact that the building was kept open 



