TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 89 
Fortunately, we were able to make some unexpected sav- 
ings so that the sum to be contributed by the Zoological Society 
at the close of the year was reduced to $17,572.07; which amount 
was raised by a special subscription. 
Funds and Accounts.—There were no very important 
changes in Funds and Accounts. Late in the year 1918 a new 
fund was opened, known as Special Maintenance Fund, the 
receipts of which were for the purpose of covering the mainte- 
nance shortage in 1919. Subscriptions amounting to a total 
of $5,700 were received before the first of the year, as detailed 
in the Treasurer’s Report for 1918. Subscriptions to this fund 
in 1919, as detailed in the Treasurer’s Report published else- 
where in this volume, brought the total to $16,450, which amount 
was transferred to the City Fund on December 31, to be applied 
to the purposes for which it was contributed, thus closing the 
Fund with the year. 
The Pheasant Aviary Fund, opened in 1917 for the erec- 
tion of an outdoor cage for pheasants which had been donated 
by Colonel Kuser, was closed by the transfer of the unex- 
pended balance to the Income Account, the work having been 
completed. 
The usual audit of our accounts has been completed and 
the certificate of the auditors appears following the Treasurer’s 
Statements. 
Privileges.—Notwithstanding the fact that prices of all 
commodities entering into the operation of all branches of the 
Privileges reached levels even higher than were attained before 
the close of the war, the net results in profits in 1919 were above 
those of any previous year. Our attendance rose to, and finally 
passed, our best pre-war figures. The unusual number of out- 
of-town visitors in New York, due to demobilization, undoubt- 
edly added materially to our attendance figures, and caused an 
added demand for guide books, post cards and all our publi- 
cations in the nature of souvenirs, and at the same time they 
increased the receipts proportionately in all branches of the 
refreshment service. 
Rocking Stone Restaurant.—The total receipts at the restau- 
rant were very considerably increased over last year. In fact, 
they were greater than in any year of its operation. However, 
