REPORT OF THE 

 PENSION BOARD 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



/^N behalf of the Pension Board of the New York Zoological 

 ^ Society, I beg to report that this board, consisting of Mr. 

 George C. Clark, *Mr. H. Casimir deRham, Dr. Lewis R. Mor- 

 ris, Mr. Percy R. Pyne, Mr. Wm. B. Osgood Field, Dr. Charles 

 H. Townsend, Mr. H. R. Mitchell, Mr. R. L. Ditmars, and Mr. 

 H. W. Merkel, as named by the Executive Committee, has held 

 its meetings as heretofore in the offices of Mr. George C. Clark 

 on the first Wednesday of every month when there was any busi- 

 ness to transact that could not be taken care of by the Secretary 

 or the Membership Committee. 



No pensions were granted during the year. Two applica- 

 tions were received from employees of the Aquarium, one of 

 whom, John Smith, died before the Board could act upon his 

 application, and the second, that of Michael L. Lawrence, is atill 

 pending. 



During the year, seventeen members were lost through death 

 or resignations, relieving the fund of nearly 110 years of accu- 

 mulated services, as the following table will show: 



Term of Service, Refund. 

 Yrs. Mos. Days 



George Campbell, resigned 3 6 24 $ 51.50 



Richard Danz, died 6 10 40.10 



Richard Deckert, resigned 4 7 23 39.25 



Charles Dennin. resigned 3 3 1 21.25 



Frank Doyle, resigned 4 3.60 



William Flood, resigned 4 4 23 44.94 



Frank Heeb, resigned 4 3.60 



Theodore Keifer, resigned 4 28 49.50 



Frank McCarron, resigned 10 4 24 45.50 



Harrison Mercer, resigned 6 1 19 44.10 



James Quinlan, resigned 12 1 8 36.30 



•Deceased. 



