TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 55 



During the year, the following items of work have been 

 done and charged against this P\ind : New Blackbirds' cage 

 erected ; Reptile House roof repaired ; new drainage for Elephant 

 House basement ; new boiler for Lion House ; upper bear dens 

 repaired ; sixteen new^ Parrot Cages erected ; Eagles' Aviary re- 

 paired; cage floors of Mammal House repaired, and extensive 

 walk repairs. 



CARNEGIE PENSION FUND. 



Important and valuable as this Fund is to the Society as a 

 safeguard and protection to its employees, who have long ren- 

 dered valuable service at inadequate salaries, it is nevertheless 

 a source of continuous drain upon the Income Account, because 

 it requires an annual contribution of $3,665. 



The Carnegie Foundation appears to be unwilling to assist 

 the Society in this matter, although the Fund was established 

 by the late Andrew Carnegie and bears his name. 



MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 



The Medical Research Department under Dr. George S. 

 Huntington has continued to make use of the material received 

 from our collections. The skins and skeletons were turned over 

 to the American Museum of Natural History, so that it now is 

 safe to say that there is an increasing scientific use made of the 

 material available at the Park. 



If the Society had the funds, a Biological Laboratory 

 could be constructed at the Park and many valuable observa- 

 tions could be made upon the living collections and upon the 

 soft parts of their anatomies when they die. 



CONSERVATION. 



The most serious matter of conservation that has engaged 

 the attention of the Society during the year has been the pro- 

 tection of National Parks. There has been powerful effort made 

 to exploit the National Parks for water power and irrigation. 



The Smith Bill, which would have destroyed the south- 

 western corner of Yellowstone Park, which is almost the last 

 stand of the moose in the West, was defeated with difficulty. 



