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this point will delay the completion of the lower end of the Park- 
way. The Commission has announced its policy of suspending 
construction during the war, but this great driveway is now an 
assured fact, and the water supply of the Zoological Park will 
be protected from pollution. 
AUDITING. 
Upon the authorization of your Committee, the auditors, 
Messrs. Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Company, made another ex- 
amination of the system of receiving supplies at the Park dur- 
ing 1917 and reported thereon with certain recommendations 
which have been adopted. 
They are at present making the usual audit of the finances 
of the Society for the year, which is being greatly facilitated by 
the new system of checking the accounts quarterly. Their re- 
port, as well as that of the Auditing Committee, will immedi- 
ately follow the report of the Treasurer. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
The relations with all departments and officials of the City’s 
government, and especially with the Park Department, have 
continued to be most cordial and your Committee are greatly 
indebted to these officials, as well as the members of the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment, for their support and co-opera- 
tion during the past year. 
The Directors of the Park and Aquarium and their respec- 
tive staffs, have been most zealous and energetic in the perform- 
ance of their duties and the Society enters upon this new year 
with the assurance of an ever increasing sphere of activity and 
usefulness. 
Respectfully submitted, 
MADISON GRANT, Chairman, 
PERCY R. PYNE, LISPENARD STEWART, 
WILLIAM WHITE NILES, WATSON B. DICKERMAN, 
WM. PIERSON HAMILTON, ANTHONY R. KUSER, 
FRANK K. STURGIS, HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, 
Ex-Officio. 
