FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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setting of one of the lamps, the whole building would be de- 

 stroyed by fire. 



PRINCIPAL NURSERY PRODUCE FOR SEASON OF 1909. 



Bushels of Beets. 

 Heads of Cabbage. 

 Ears of Corn. 

 Bushels of Tomatoes. 

 Heads of Lettuce. 

 Bushels of Carrots. 

 Bushels of Turnips. 

 Bushels of Parsnips. 

 Bedding plants. 



DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND PRIVILEGES 

 H. R. Mitchell, Chief Clerk and Manager; AVilliam Mitchell, Assistant. 



This department carried on the increased volume of work 

 resulting from the continued development of the Park and the 

 various division of the privileges during 1909 without the addi- 

 tion of a single employee to the office force. But one office em- 

 ployee has been added in the past four years, during which time 

 the volume of Privilege business has more than doubled, and 

 expenditures for the Maintenance of the Park have increased 

 by nearly $30,000. 



Privileges. — That the year just closed has been the most suc- 

 cessful in the history of the Park so far as the Privileges are 

 concerned is attested by the substantial balance in the Animal 

 Fund at the close of the year. For the first time, the receipts 

 placed to the credit of this fund were appreciably in excess of the 

 total expenditures made for the purchase of animals during the 

 year. 



The total income and profits of Privileges for 1909 in- 

 creased about 20% over the year 1908. The entire amount, how- 

 ever, was not remitted to the Animal Fund, about $6,000 being 

 invested in Guides, Souvenir Books and other stock for future 

 sales. 



Soda Water. — A popular improvement made during the past 

 season at the various soda stands was the addition of tables and 

 chairs for the use of patrons. These were placed in shady 

 places about the fountains. At the stand near the Reptile House, 



