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and other supplies in full accord with government requirements. 

 Taking into consideration all restrictions under which we oper- 

 ated, the financial results were all that could be expected, show- 

 ing quite a substantial increase over figures for the previous 

 year. 



Guide Book. — About the middle of the season it became 

 apparent that the supply of guide books would not last through 

 the year. As the last revision had been made quite recently, 

 and the matter was well up to date, it was decided to print a 

 second 20,000 run of the American Eagle Edition. For the first 

 time it was necessary to raise the selling price of the Guide Book 

 above 25 cents. The great advance in paper and all labor in the 

 manufacture of the Guide Book forced an advance to 30 cents, 

 but the volume of sales did not seem to be affected unfavorably 

 by the increase in price. 



Souvenir Books, Postals ayid Miscellaneous Puhlications. — 

 The stock of miscellaneous publications carried over from last 

 season has been suflScient for our needs during the year. While 

 the sales of these issues were not equal to last year, the reduc- 

 tions were only about in proportion to the loss in attendance. 



Gate Receipts. — Receipts from this source, which were in 

 excess of the year 1917, were all placed to the credit of the Im- 

 provement and Repair Account, but only a portion of the amount 

 was expended, leaving a substantial balance in this fund when 

 the year closed to cover any urgent repairs that may be required 

 in 1919. 



Ridiyig Afiimals. — This department of the Privileges made a 

 very satisfactory gain over last year's figures. While the profits 

 from this source are rather small and add but little to the fund 

 for increasing our animal collections, the riding animals are al- 

 ways immensely popular with the children. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND CONSTRUCTION 

 FOR THE YEAR 1918. 



Hermann W. Merkel, Chief Constructor and Forester ; 

 E. H. Costain, Assistant Forester. 



Owing to the many difficulties encountered in obtaining 

 satisfactory labor, the lack of funds together with the well-defined 

 war policy of the Society that no strictly new work of any account 



