SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 67 
increase of $1,257.70 over the previous year. Wheeled chairs have 
been provided, and although up to the present time but little 
revenue has been derived therefrom, they are a great comfort to 
elderly and invalid visitors. 
When the boating privilege was leased for 1902 it was hoped 
that before the expiration of the lease plans would have been 
perfected and a contract let for the erection of a boat-house and 
public comfort rooms in connection with the West Farms En- 
trance at the terminus of the Rapid Transit System. Unfortu- 
nately this has beeen delayed for another year by other and more 
important buildings. We believe this privilege when developed 
will be an especially profitable one, and hope to see it established 
in the near future. We also hope for the early development of 
all other Park privileges, believing that eventually they can be 
made to net annually a handsome sum for the increase of the 
animal collections. 
New Members.—Whenever possible, without neglecting other 
duties, this department has made continuous efforts to increase 
the membership of the Society, and with some degree of success. 
During the past year 128 Annual Members and 3 Life Members 
qualified, whose applications had been obtained through the Chief 
Clerk and other members of the Zoological Park staff. 
Leasing of Adee House.—tIn the early part of the year the 
Society obtained from Park Commissioner Eustis a five-year lease 
of the property known as the “Adee Farm,” in Pelham Bay 
Park, at a nominal rental. The house on the property was put 
in repair and sub-leased at a satisfactory rental. The farm, barns, 
and coachman’s house were put in charge of the forestry and 
gardening department, to be utilized to the utmost in producing 
hay and vegetables for the Park animals. 
Books and Accounts.—The books kept in the Chief Clerk’s 
office, from which the Treasurer’s annual statements are made, 
consist of a separate set for each of the following accounts: 
Park Improvement Fund, General Fund, Animal Fund, and City 
Fund—the latter containing separate ledgers for the Maintenance 
and Ground Improvement Funds. Separate books are also kept 
both for the Privilege Accounts and Rocking Stone Restaurant. 
Trial balances for the year have been taken from all of the above 
books, and all accounts properly balanced on December 31st, 1902. 
In addition to items already mentioned the work of this depart- 
ment included all work in connection with the preparation of 
bills for payment, disbursement of pay-rolls, and preparation of 
