RECORD OF THE DIRECTOR 
OF THE 
ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N our general scheme of development, the year just closed 
has witnessed the greatest activity and progress of any year 
since 1899. At no previous time has the administrative machin- 
ery of the Park been in more perfect working order, or so fruit- 
ful of results in proportion to the efforts and expenditures put 
forth. In anticipation of the great increase in attendance that 
seems likely to follow the completion of the Interborough Rail- 
way line to the West Farms Entrance of the Zoological Park, 
special efforts were put forth to carry the improvement of the 
Park as far as possible toward completion. More buildings and 
collections are needed, and new walks leading to them must be 
built as rapidly as possible. Animals are constantly accumulat- 
ing faster than exhibition facilities can be provided for them, 
and one of our chief sources of worry is in providing for a surplus 
of valuable animals with which we are unwilling to part. 
DEPARTMENTAL RELATIONS. 
Throughout the year 1904 the Zoological Park continued to 
enjoy the friendship and assistance of the Mayor, the Comptroller, 
and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment; and the Com- 
missioner, Engineer, and Chief Clerk of the Park Department 
of Bronx Borough. Captain Jefferson Deevy, in command of 
the Forty-first Precinct, Metropolitan Police, very kindly did 
everything in his power to promote the successful operation of 
the Zoological Park, and to protect impartially the interests of the 
public and of the Zoological Society. The police service of 
the Park was admirably maintained, but on a strictly economical 
basis. A number of arrests were made during the year, and in 
