EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. By) 
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PHOTOGRAPH. ELWIN R. SANBORN, 
LYDIG MEMORIAL GATEWAY. 
Gift of Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis, as a memorial of the Lydig family. 
allowed for 1903, which was $104,965. A deficit was avoided 
solely by reason of the delay in the completion of the Antelope 
House and the Bird House, so that this fund was not called upon 
for the maintenance of the expensive collections contained in 
the former building until late in the year. The last administra- 
tion, unfortunately, did not provide for an increase in the mainte- 
nance fund for 1904, but allotted to the Park the same amount 
as in 1903. By reason, however, of the great increase in the col- 
lections and in the attendance, the cost of maintenance will con- 
siderably exceed the amount allowed, and by the end of 1904 your 
Committee anticipates a deficit which must be met by the Society. 
Maintenance for Aquarium (Aquarium Fund).—The mainte- 
nance provided for the Aquarium, known as the Aquarium Fund, 
has proved, with strict economy, sufficient for 1903. The same 
