OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY 
A PUBLIC ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
A PUBLIC AQUARIUM 
. THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATIVE ANIMALS 
THE PROMOTION OF ZOOLOGY 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
Membership in the Zoological Society is open 
to all interested in the objects of the organiza¬ 
tion, who desire to contribute toward its sup¬ 
port. 
Annual Membership is $10, which entitles 
the holder to admission to the Zoological 
Park on all pay days, when the collections may 
be seen to the best advantage, Annual Reports, 
bi-monthly Bulletins, Zoologies, Zoopathologies, 
privileges of the Administration Building, sll 
lectures snd special exhibitions, and ten com¬ 
plimentary tickets to the Zoological Park for 
distribution. 
Any Annual Member may become a Life 
Member by the payment of $200. A subscriber 
of $1,000 becomes a Patron; $2,500, an Asso¬ 
ciate Founder; $5,000, a Founder; $10,000, a 
Founder in Perpetuity, and $25,000 a Bene¬ 
factor. 
Applications for membership may be given 
to H. R. Mitchell, Chief Clerk, Zoological Park, 
C. H. Townsend, Aquarium, Battery Park, and 
the General Secretary, Ill Broadway, New 
York City. 
The Zoological Park is open every day in the 
year, free, except Monday .and Thursday of 
each week, when admission is charged. Should 
either of these days fall on a holiday no admis¬ 
sion fee is charged. The opening and closing 
hours are from 10 o’clock A. M. until one-half 
hour before sunset. 
The Aquarium is open free to the public, 
every day in the year: April to September, nine 
A. M. to five P. M.; October to March, ten 
A. M. to four P. M. 
The General Endowment Account of the Society at the present date amounts to $477,724.78, 
the income from which together with dues and the income from two Special Endowment Funds 
is devoted to the general purposes of the Society. This is the weakest point of the Society’s 
finances because in addition to the general expenses of the Society, upon this fund fall all the 
demands for special work. It is even called upon to supplement annually the present inadequate 
Pension Fund. 
Owing to the smallness of this General Endowment Account the Society’s work is hampered 
and crippled at every turn and until this account has been greatly augmented there is little or 
no chance for the Society to develop its usefulness to the fullest extent. The only remedy in 
sight is an increase in the General Endowment Account and the Society urges upon its friends 
the importance of securing for it either bequests or donations to this fund. 
TESTAMENTARY PROVISION 
I do hereby give and bequeath to the New York Zoological Society, of the City of New York, 
