48 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



The plan went into effect on August 1, and is working sat- 

 isfactorily under the supervision of the Pension Board. To date 

 the Society has contributed, including the income from the Pen- 

 sion Fund, $3,333.33 and the employees, $1,044.54. 



To receive the income from the Carnegie Pension Fund, 

 and the contributions from the Society and its employees, your 

 committee has authorized the opening of a new account to be 

 known as the Pension Fund Income Account. The balance to 

 the credit of this account on December 31, 1914, amounted to 

 $4,180.27. 



There is also a small uninvested balance to the credit of the 

 Carnegie Pension Fund, amounting to $748.14. 



GROUND IMPROVEMENT FUND. 



On account of the policy of retrenchment adopted by the 

 present city government it has been impossible to obtain favor- 

 able action on the application for $52,000 of Corporate Stock 

 for ground improvement work at the Park, pending before the 

 Board of Estimate and Apportionment during the spring. Your 

 committee, therefore, made a new application for $15,000 ad- 

 ditional for the erection of an Animal Hospital and $10,000 for 

 Emergency Ground Improvement work at the Park. During 

 July this application was approved, although greatly reduced 

 in amount, as follows: 



Construction of a Hospital Building to be lo- 

 cated in the Service Yard $15,000 



Note: With the balance at present on hand a total 

 of ^23,518.32 will be available for this purpose. 



Steel fence, 180th St., East of Bronx River 1,125 



Six new drinking fountains 600 



New paint and oil storage building 300 



Poultry and Breeding houses 1,400 



$18,425 



At the start of the European war, a general order was 

 issued by the Comptroller directing the heads of all departments 

 to withhold new work, which affected the above appropriation. 

 Your committee, however, has been successful in obtaining the 

 release of the money appropriated for the erection of the Animal 

 Hospital. The balance of the appropriation is held up indefinitely. 



