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deaths, however, reduce the net result to a gain of 98 members. 

 The membership as of January 1, 1918, is as follows: 



Benefactors 7 



Founders in Perpetuity 18 



Founders 15 



Associate Founders 9 



Patrons 32 



Life Members 313 



Annual Members 1 ,872 



Fellows 35 



Honorary Members 7 



Corresponding- Members 7 



2,315 



ATTENDANCE. 



The increase in the attendance of both institutions and espe- 

 cially that of the Zoological Park has been satisfactory. The 

 Aquarium continues to suffer from the conditions in Battery 

 Park created by the war, and more particularly by reason of 

 the construction of the subway which has greatly impeded access 

 to that institution. The attendance at the Park and Aquarium 

 for 1917, as compared with 1916, has been as follows: 



Park AquaHum 



1917 1,898,414 1,595,118 



1916 1,656,820 1,499,667 



COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 



A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, compiled 

 January 1, 1918, is as follows: 



January 1, 1917 January 1, 1918 



Species Specimens Species Specimens 



Mammals 207 617 205 611 



Birds 816 2,788 813 2,799 



Reptiles and Am- 

 phibians 98 782 112 644 



1,121 4,187 1,130 4,054 



