State Reports 



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"Membership, including all grades, 816; leaflets distributed, 12,000; 

 warning notices, for posting, sent out, 900; summary of the State Bird 

 Laws sent for posting in hotels, stations, express offices, etc., 500; Massachu- 

 setts Audubon Society Charts, for use of schools, 36; local secretaries, 7 ; 

 about 700 letters written; teachers enrolled as members of society, 115. 



"Four prizes of books were given this year for ' Bird Compositions.' Al- 

 though an invitation was extended to all schools in the state for pupils to 

 compete for prizes, only the schools of Orlando sent in essays. 



PARENT AND YOUNG 

 A scene on Pelican Island 

 PhotOEraphed by F. M. C. 



"The Palmetto Club of Daytona, The Rosalind Club of Orlando, and 

 the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs, have each paid a sustaining 

 membership; the Sunshine Society helps us through the press and by circu- 

 lating leaflets. 



"These statistics, taken from the report of the secretary, Mrs. Vander- 

 pool, show that the general activity of the Society has increased and a more 

 wide-spread interest than in any past year has been shown. 



"During the year two 'auxiliary committees' have been formed, one at 

 Port Orange in charge of Mrs. Roe, with a membership of twenty, another 

 at San Mateo, organized by Miss Crosby. Here, besides about twelve mem- 



