SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 65 
New York, April 16, 1912. 
The President and Board of Managers of 
The New York Zoological Society. 
Dear Sirs: 
We beg to report we have examined the annual audit of 
the books and accounts of the New York Zoological Society for 
the year ending December 31, 1911, as made by Messrs. Marwick, 
Mitchell, Peat & Company, Chartered Accountants, and herewith 
submit the same to you as a complete and satisfactory audit of 
said books and accounts, all expenditures and receipts of the 
various accounts being clearly set forth and the cash on hand 
and at the various depositories having been verified and found 
correct. Also all securities in which the funds of the Society 
are invested have been examined and found as reported. 
Expenditures made through the Park Department of the 
City of New York have not been verified by this audit as such 
moneys have not passed through the hands of this Society, but 
are in due course checked and verified by the Comptroller of 
the City. 
During the year especial attention has been given by your 
Committee to the further systemization of the accounts of the 
Privilege Departments, and we now beg to report the auditors 
state they have found an efficient and satisfactory checking 
system in use in this department, and that the books and records 
are well and carefully kept. After consultation with the auditors 
your Committee have adopted certain additional safeguards 
which it is thought will still further improve the present methods 
of protection. 
Respectfully submitted, 
HuGH D. AUCHINCLOSS, 
WILLIAM W. NILES, 
C. LEDYARD BLAIR, 
Committee. 
