REPORT OF 

 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



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HE Executive Committee respectfully submit the following 

 report to the Board of Managers for the year 1916 : 

 The Committee regret to announce the death on December 

 15, 1916, of Mr. H. Casimir deRham, a member of the Board of 

 Managers since 1899 and an Associate Founder. Mr. deRham 

 was one of the early representatives of the Boone and Crockett 

 Club on the Board and was greatly interested in the National 

 Collection of Heads and Horns, to which he contributed very 

 liberally. 



The Committee also report with regret the death of Mr. 

 James J. Hill, on May 29, 1916. Mr. Hill was a Founder in Per- 

 petuity, and a member of the Board of Managers since 1902. 



Resolutions passed on the occasion of the deaths of the above 

 Managers appear at the end of this report. 



Mr. Edmund C. Converse was elected to the Board of Man- 

 agers on April 13, 1916, to fill the vacancy in the Class of 1918, 

 caused by the death of the late Samuel Thorne. 



Mr. A. Barton Hepburn was elected to the Board of Man- 

 agers on September 26, 1916, to fill the vacancy in the Class of 

 1917, caused by the death of the late James J. Hill. 



MEMBERS. 



During the past year 193 new members have been added to 

 the Society : 176 Annual Members, 13 Life Members, and 4 Fel- 

 lows. Resignations and deaths, however, offset this gain, so that 

 the total membership shows but a slight increase over the pre- 

 vious year. The membership as of January 1, 1917, is as follows : 



Benefactors 6 



Founders in Perpetuity 13 



