'rillKTi-.KXTH AXXL'AL REPORT 4;; 



ACKNOWLEDG-MENTS. 



The continued success of the Zoological Park and the Aqua- 

 rium has been due in a very great degree to the loyalty and 

 high sense of duty manifested by Director William T. Ilornada}' 

 and Director Charles H. Townsend, and of their very efficient 

 stalls of curators and assistants. Your committee feels that it 

 has been extremely fortunate in the selection of the personnel 

 of both these departments, and takes this opportunity of ex- 

 pressing its appreciation of their zeal. Your committee also 

 desires to acknowledge the continued interest and aid that it has 

 received from the various City officers, without exception, and 

 especially from His Honor, the Mayor, and the Comptroller, as 

 well as the Park Commissioners, both for the Boroughs of The 

 P)r(Mix and Manhattan, and from their respective staffs of assist- 

 ants. It is to the various members of these respective staffs 

 due in no small degree that the relations between the municipal 

 authorities and the Zoological Society have continued to be most 

 satisfactory. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Hexrv Fairfield Osborx, Chainnau, 



AIadisox Grant, 



John S. Barnes, 



Percy R. Pyne, 



William White Xiles, 



Samuel Thorne, 



Levi P. Morton, cx officio. 

 January i, 1909. 



The following resolution was passed on January 19, 1909. on 

 the occasion of the resignation of ]\Ir. Levi P. }iIortoa as presi- 

 dent : 



Resolved, That the Board of Managers receive with great 

 regret the resignation of Hon. Levi P. Morton, as president of 

 the Xew York Zoological Society, an ofifice which he has filled 

 with distinction for twelve years past. The Board of ]Man- 

 agers desire to record their warm appreciation of Mr. [Morton's 

 interest in the Society, and his generous support of the develop- 

 ment of the Zoological Park. They also desire to convey to him 

 their best wishes for his continued good health and welfare. 



