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and the depleted ranks must be filled by new gifts and 

 new purchases. Gifts of specimens, and funds for pur- 

 chases, must constantly be forthcoming. 



In the acquisition of certain representative species of 

 great variety but particular desirability, the Society has 

 been much favored by its friends, both at home and abroad. 

 Frequently it happens that the greatest zoological rarities 

 are obtainable only through the good will and tireless in- 

 dustry of friends who travel into the most remote and in- 

 accessible regions of the earth. It is to such sources that we 

 owe our musk-ox herd, walrus, mountain goat herd, spec- 

 tacled bear and many other species. 



The Executive Committee makes grateful acknowledg- 

 ment of the loyal and generous support it has constantly 

 received from the Board of Managers, the members of 

 the Zoological Society, and from the Government of the 

 City of New York. Thanks to a judicious union of these 

 forces, the development of the Zoological Park has gone 

 forward rapidly and satisfactorily. Although the actual 

 period of construction has been remarkably short for so vast 

 an undertaking, everything constructed is of the most per- 

 manent character. It is only just to note the fact that 

 while the Zoological Park is an institution of national in- 

 terest and importance, and free to all the world, with the 

 exception of a few gifts of animals it has been created and 

 is maintained wholly by the citizens of the City of New 

 York. The State' has contributed nothing. 



The Executive Committee. 



JUNE l, 1913. 



