88 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION 
H. R. Mitchell, Chief Clerk and Manager of Privileges; George A. Dorn, Cashier. 
The additional office room given to this department when the > 
Director moved to his new quarters in the Administration Build- 
ing has been of great assistance to us in meeting the ever 
increasing demands of the department. Our most urgent need 
at this time is of more space for the storage of guide books, 
postal cards, souvenir books and other supplies, which, in order 
to show a satisfactory income, must be made up in very large 
editions. There are at this moment awaiting proper storage, 
about 25,000 guide books and souvenir books, and twenty-four 
large cases of postal cards, which cannot be unpacked because of 
the lack of room. It is proposed to provide for this storage in 
the west end of the Service Building as soon as the new Privi- 
lege Building is completed, in which new and better quarters 
for the cook will be provided. 
Early in the year it was found necessary to add to the equip- 
ment by the purchase of another automobile truck, and, after 
careful consideration of the service required, a small gasoline 
machine of a capacity of 1,500 lbs. was decided upon. The ma- 
chine was delivered and put into service about the first of April, 
and covered a remarkable amount of ground during the season. 
The year’s business could not possibly have been handled without 
this extra equipment. 
In the latter part of the year, this department was so un- 
fortunate as to lose the services of a valuable and trusted em- 
ployee, Mr. Wm. I. Mitchell, who, after eight years’ service as 
office assistant and cashier, resigned to accept a position else- 
where. Mr. Mitchell’s thorough familiarity with all the details 
of the various activities of the department made his services 
extremely valuable, and his leaving regretable. The following 
resolution with reference to his services was adopted by the 
Executive Committee: 
“RESOLVED, that in recognition of the faithful, efficient 
and responsible services of Mr. William I. Mitchell, as 
Cashier of The New York Zoological Park during a period 
of eight years, now terminated by his acceptance of an 
engagement elsewhere, the Executive Committee of The New 
York Zoological Society hereby tenders him a gold watch 
and one hundred dollars, with the good will of the Com- 
mittee.” 
Mr. George A. Dorn, who has been with the Bronx Borough 
Bank for the past two vears, and was well recommended by them, 
