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C. Ledyard Blair 1,000.00 



George J. Gould 1,000.00 



Mortimer L. Schiff 1,000.00 



American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory 250.00 



$5,250.00 



This amount, together with the balance on hand January 1, 

 1917, made $5,267.57 available for expenditure. The expenses 

 amounted to $3,801.94, leaving a balance of $1,465.63 on hand on 

 December 31, 1917. 



In view of the war conditions, it was decided not to send the 

 expedition this year to South America. Mr. Beebe with one as- 

 sistant, however, made a trip to British Guiana and brought back 

 the property of the Society which had been left there. 



NATIONAL COLLECTION OF HEADS AND HORNS. 



The only source of income for this fund are transfers made 

 from the general Income Account of the Society, and private sub- 

 scriptions. There were, however, no transfers made during the 

 year, and only one subscription of $15 was received, from Mr. 

 John J. Paul. This subscription, together with the balance on 

 hand January 1, 1917, of $78.89, made a total of but $93.89 avail- 

 able for expenditure. The expenditures amounted to $18.12, 

 leaving a balance of $75.77 on hand December 31, 1917. 



The only acquisitions to the collection during the year were 

 an Okapi head presented by the American Museum of Natural 

 History, and a Black-faced Caribou presented by Dr. and Mrs. F. 

 S. Gould, of Santa Barbara, California. 



WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND. 



The expenditures against this fund during the year amount- 

 ed to $86.59. The balance on hand January 1, 1917, was $729.- 

 30, and receipts in the amount of $226.30 have been received 

 from the sale of "Our Vanishing Wild Life." This fund closes 

 the year with a cash balance of $869.01, due to the fact that the 

 Society's work in this field now is financed by the Permanent 

 Wild Life Protection Fund. 



