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charge of Winthrop Packard, and the Cincinnati office in charge of Dr. 

 Eugene Swope. 



The business of supplying colored lantern-sHdes of bird-subjects for lec- 

 turers has now become a regular part of the service of the National Associa- 

 tion to the public. During the fiscal years 191 5 and 1916 about 1,600 slides 

 were sold at 80 cents each, and more than 900 have been used by our various 

 local agents. About 1,000 slides remain in stock at the date of this report, 

 covering 216 subjects. The price at which these slides are sold is little, if 

 anything, above their cost. 



FINANCES 



During the year the Association has received two bequests from members 

 who have passed away. These were $3,659.48 from the estate of Louise F. 

 Drude; and $500 from the estate of Rose HoUingsworth. 



One hundred and ten life members have been enrolled, at $100 each. The 

 $11,000 from this source, added to the sum of the two bequests mentioned 

 above, and further combined with a sum of $235 in the form of gifts, make up 

 $15,394.84 added this year to the .' permanent Endowment Fund of this 

 Association. 



The number of sustaining members, whose fee is $5 annually, has increased 

 from 2,558 to 3,024. The total income of the Association the past year has 

 amounted to $113,503.77. 



In conclusion the directors and officers wish to place on record their pro- 

 found appreciation for the splendid support which our members and friends 

 have given to the work the past year, but at the same time we would remind all 

 well-wishers of the Association that our income for current expenses the past 

 year, while the largest in the history of the Association, was far from adequate 

 to meet the great number of calls for assistance that are continually coming 

 from the ever-increasing army of volunteer bird-workers throughout the 

 country. 



