EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 65 



AuMtuni' CCrrtitiratr 



We have audited the books and accounts of the New York Zoological So- 

 ciety for the year ended December 31, 1913, and certify tliat the foregoing 

 Schedules "1" to "10" are in accordance with the books," and, in our opinion, 

 correctly record the transactions relating to the Funds of the Society for the 

 year and the condition of the various Funds as at December 31, 1913. Schedules 

 "3" and "8-B" include records of expenditures amounting to $56,850.51, $151,110.09 

 and $29,100.00 made through the Park Department of the City of New York. 

 We have not verified the expenditures so made, hut we have incorporated them 

 in the statements submitted so that these nuiy be complete. The subscriptions, 

 donations and dues reported as received have l)een properly accovmted for and 

 the securities and cash in bank and on hand at Decemlier 31, 1913, as shown 

 in the accounts of the Funds presented iicrewith, were all duly ciiecked and 

 found in order. 



Mar WICK. Mitchell, Peat & Co., 



Chartered Accountants. 

 79 AVall Street, New York, 



February 25, 19U. 



New York, March 11, 1914. 



The President and Hoard of Manaijcrs of The Xcir Vork 'Ao(ilo(/iral Sorieti/: 

 Dear Sirs: — 



We beg to rej)()rt we liave examined the annual audit of the books and 

 accounts of the New York Zoological Society for the year ending December 31, 1913 

 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, and all securities in which the funds 

 of the Society are invested having 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 sucli moneys have not passed through 

 the hands of this Society, but are in due course checked and verified by the 

 Comptroller of the City. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WiLLIAJI W. NjlES, 



Chairman. 

 LisPENARD Stewart, 

 H. CAsniTR deRiiaji. 



