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GRATUITOUS WORK. 



At the north end of Baird Court, and extending along the en- 

 tire Hne of the Carriage Concourse to the proposed Carriage 

 Entrance at the Pelham Avenue Bridge, there existed a depres- 

 sion, from five to seven feet in depth, which required to be filled 

 before the concourse could be constructed. At the Northwest 

 Entrance, also, a smaller depression existed. By a very fortunate 

 coincidence, the space which required filling was needed by Mr. 

 J. C. Rogers as a dumping-place for stone which he was remov- 

 ing from a street near the Park. As a result, the delivery of 

 several thousand cubic yards of stone and earth was secured, 

 free of charge, where the Society most desired to have it. Sev- 

 eral thousand dollars were saved to the City, and the final com- 

 pletion of the carriage concourse was advanced by nearly a year. 



PRIVILEGES. 



During the year 1899 the Zoological Society claimed none of 

 the privileges existing in the Park, save that, from November 9th 

 onward, an admission fee has been charged every Monday and 

 Thursday at the gates to the fenced grounds. This fee is twenty- 

 five cents for adults and fifteen cents for children under twelve 

 years of age. During the year 1900, however, and for the future, 

 the Society will assume the management of all the privileges avail- 

 able in the Park, and devote the revenue from them solely to the 

 purchase of animals for the collections. 



The first edition of the " Official Guide Book to the Park " is 

 being sold at cost, but after the cost of the plates has been made 

 up, its sale may possibly yield a small profit. 



ATTENDANCE AND GATE RECEIPTS. 



Formal opening of the Zoological Park Nov. 8th 



First pay day Nov. 9th 



Attendance for remainder of November, 21 days 57^910 



Attendance for December 31.932 



Received at gates during November $230 75 



Received at gates during December $162 65 



Greatest number of visitors in one day, Nov. 26th 18,300 



