TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 45 
The Executive Committee wish to take this opportunity to 
express their appreciation to those gentlemen for their generous 
contribution. With these subscriptions the deficit was wiped out 
with the exception of the sum of $122.07 which was paid from 
the Income Account. 
In spite of these donations, the Park and Aquarium could 
not have been maintained, except through the utmost economy 
on the part of the Directors and their respective staffs. 
All of these facts were brought to the attention of the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment, and for 1920 the Society has 
been awarded for the Park, the sum of $237,930.97, and for the 
Aquarium, the sum of $54,891. These are both very substantial 
increases and in spite of the greatly increased cost of supplies 
and labor probably would have proved adequate if they had been 
turned over to the Society in a lump sum as heretofore. This 
Maintenance Fund has, however, been apportioned in accord- 
ance with a rigid schedule, which will make it exceedingly diffi- 
cult to get through the year without a deficit. 
The Society already has been obliged to vote the sum of 
$2,500 to make up the salaries of the high officials of the Park, 
which were reduced for some unaccountable reason at the last 
moment. In spite of these drawbacks, the Executive Committee 
do not expect to be obliged to call upon the Board of Managers 
for help for maintenance for the coming year. 
CORPORATE STOCK. 
During the year corporate stock to the amount of $5,000 
was supplied by the city for the following purposes: 
Improvements along Bronx River. 
FINANCES. 
Sage Bequest.—Nothing was received in 1919 from the Es- 
tate of Mrs. Russell Sage, but it is expected that a portion of the 
bequest will become available during the spring of 1920. 
