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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONS, 
FELLOWS AND ANNUAL MEMBERS. 
(Submitted and accepted January ro, 1898.) 
To THE Boarp oF MANAGERS OF THE New York Boran- 
ICAL GARDEN. 
Gentlemen: 
t the annual meeting of January 11, 1897, it was re- 
ported that the number of persons who had qualified as annual 
members was 443 
The number who have since qualified is 114 
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The number of members deceased and resigned during 
the year is 13 
The total annual membership to date being 544 
Annual dues for 1897 have been collected from 524 mem- 
bers, aggregating $5,240.00, which has been transmitted to 
the Treasurer as received. ‘The number of members in ar- 
rears for annual dues for 1897 is 20. 
A complete list of annual members to date is herewith sub- 
mitted. 
Joun Innes Kane, 
Chairman. 
LIST OF ANNUAL MEMBERS, JAN. 10, 1898. 
Robert Abbe, M.D., Frederic Baker, 
Frank Abbott, M.D., Geo. V. N. Baldwin, 
A. G. Agnew, N. A. Baldwin, 
John T. Agnew, Robert F. Ballantine, 
Wm. C. Alpers, Ewald Balthasar, 
Bernard G. Amend, Amzi Lorenzo Barber, 
G. Amsinck, E. W. Barnes, 
J. M. Andreini, John S. Barnes, 
John D. Archbold, Chas. T. Barney, 
Edmund 8. F. Arnold, M.D., John Hendley Barnhart, 
Reginald H. Arnold, William Barr, 
