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amount ($46,500) has been allotted to the Aquarium for 1904, 

 and the Committee hopes, with careful management, to avoid a 

 deficit in this Fund during the coming year. If the City had pro- 

 vided an increase of the maintenance, the additional amount could 

 have been devoted to the increase of the collections exhibited in 

 the Aquarium. 



Aquarium Improvement Fund. — The bond issue of $30,000 pro- 

 vided for the alteration and improvement of the Aquarium be 

 came available late in the spring, and is practically all under con- 

 tract. A full statement of this fund will be found in the Treas- 

 urer's report. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



The present membership of the Society is as follows : 



Founders 24 New members in 1903 2 



Associate Founders . . 12 — 



Patrons 49 " " 1 



Life Members 165 " " 9 



Annual Members ... 1,103 " 2I1 



Total 1,353 " " 223 



The Society is in need of an increase in membership, and the 

 most effective manner in which the present members can aid the 

 organization is by sending in the names of friends, for election to 

 the Society. From now on the privileges of members will be 

 greatly enlarged, and an increasing proportion of the proceeds 

 from annual dues will be devoted to publications and other bene- 

 fits especially for members. The membership should be at least 

 double its present size. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



During the year 1903, the four regular numbers of the quar- 

 terly Bulletin have been issued, as well as the Annual Report and 

 the sixth edition of the Guide Book. 



GIFTS. 



The Society has been fortunate during the year in receiving 

 a number of handsome donations, for which the Committee de- 

 sires to take this opportunity to express the thanks of the Society. 



