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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONS, 
FELLOWS, AND MEMBERS FOR THE 
YEAR 1916 
To THE Boarp oF Manacers or THE NEw Yor«k Bo- 
TANICAL GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: The number of new members who have 
qualified is 126. The number of annual members is now 
883; life members 147; sustaining members 12; fellowship 
members 2. 
Of these 18 are now in arrears for dues for 1916, 8 for dues 
for 1915 and 1916, 5 for dues for 1914, 1915 and 1916. 
Dues have been collected to the amount of $9220, which 
have been transmitted to the treasurer as received. 
A complete list of all classes of members to date is here- 
with submitted. 
BENEFACTORS 
*Hon. Addison Brown, *D. O. Mills, 
Andrew Carnegie, *J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr. 
Columbia University, John D. Rockefeller, 
*Hon. Chas. P. Daly, *Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
PaTRONS 
Oakes Ames, *Mrs. Esther Henaaae 
*Miss Catherine A. Bliss, Archer M. Huntington; 
Dr. N. L. Britton, *Henry Iden, ~ 
*Hon. Addison Brown, Mrs. John Innes Kane/ 
Andrew Carnegie, *John Stewart Kennedy,’ 
*Mrs. George Whitfield Collord, *J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr., 
*James M. Constable, *Oswald Ottendorfer, ~ 
*William E. Dodge, *Lowell M. Palmer,- 
James B. Ford, William Rockefeller, 
George J. Gould, *William R. Sands, - 
Edward 8S. Harkness, *William C. Schermerhorn; 
James A. Scrymser, . Mrs. Frederic F. Thompson, 
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, W. K. Vanderbilt, 
*Samuel Sloan, M Mrs. Antoinette Eno Wood, 
* Deceased. 
