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Income Account. — During the year the Income Account proved 

 inadequate to maintain the work of the Society, and a special 

 subscription, totahng $9,850, was raised among the members 

 of the Board of Managers. On January i, 1909, this account 

 showed a balance of $6,106.54. An increased membership is 

 necessary to maintain this fund without a deficit. 



The Executive Committee decided to ask one hundred members 

 of the Xew York Zoological Society each for a special contribu- 

 tion-of $40 a year, for the years 1909 to 1913, inclusive. This 

 will offset the estimated annual deficit of the Income Account on 

 its present basis. The responses to this request have been most 

 gratifying. The committee also resolved that those subscribing 

 to such Sustaining Membership should have the right to desig- 

 nate a Life Member of the Society, upon the completion of the 

 payments of the subscription for the five years, amounting to 

 $200. 



General Fund. — The General Fund shows a balance of $207.80. 



Ground Improvement Fund. — On January i, 1908, there was a 

 balance in the Ground Improvement Fund of $149,757.05, and 

 during the year $65,000 has been appropriated by the City: also, 

 $4,073.44 being the premium on the sale of bonds. During the 

 year the sum of $147,608.25 has been expended, leaving a bal- 

 ance of $71,222.24 available for new construction. 



Stokes' Bird Fund. — On January i, 1909, this fund donated 

 to the Society by Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes for the protection 

 of bird life, showed a balance of income of $519.11. The princi- 

 pal, viz., $3,009.58 is invested in three Illinois Central Railway 

 4 per cent. Gold Bonds. Through the further generosity of Miss 

 Stokes this fund has been increased to a total of $5,000, and her 

 wishes regarding the use of the income of her fund was ex- 

 pressed in the following very liberal terms : 



"I should like to ask that the income of the fund shall be 

 annually expended, * '" '• and I am entirely willing that it 

 should be used in any part of the United States, or our country's 

 possessions, wherever there is the most or special need for en- 

 lightenment, or protection of bird life." 



Maintenance of the Zoological Park. — The amount provided 

 by the City for the maintenance of the Park for the year 1908, 

 $154,627, was foimd insufficient to maintain the Park for that 

 vear in an adc(iuate manner. In view of that fact the Board of 

 Estimate appropriated the sum of $162,325 for maintenance for 

 the vear 1909, which is an increase of $7,698 over the year 1908. 



