62 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Aubitura* (Crrtifiratr 



We have audited the books and accounts of the New Y'ork Zoological So- 

 ciety for the year ended December 31, 1913, and certify that the foregoing 

 Schedules "1" to "10" are in accordance with the books, and, in our opimion, 

 correctly record the transactions relating to the funds of the Society for the 

 j'ear, and the condition of the various funds as at December 31, 1913. Schedule 

 "3" includes records of expenditures amounting to .$39,113.37 and .$148,859.33 

 made through the Park Department of the City of New Y'ork. We have not 

 verified the expenditures so made, but we have incorporated them in the state- 

 ments submitted so that these may be complete. The subscriptions, donations 

 and dues reported as received have been properly accounted for, and the securi- 

 ties and cash in bank and on hand at December 31, 1913, as shown in the 

 accounts of the funds presented herewith, were all duly checked and found 

 in order. 



Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Co., 



Chartered Accoiintcnits. 

 79 Wall Street, New York, 



February 17, 1913. 



New York, Marcli li). 1913. 



The President and Board of Managers of 



The New York Zoological Society. 



Dear Sirs: 



We beg to report we have examined the annual audit of the books and 

 accounts of the New Y'ork Zoological Society for the year ending Deceml)er 31, 

 1912, as made by Messrs. Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Company, Chartered Ac- 

 countants, and herewith submit the same to you as a complete and satisfactory 

 audit of said books and accounts, all expenditures and receipts of the various 

 accounts being clearly set forth and the cash on hand and at the various deposi- 

 tories having been verified and found correct, aaid all securities in which the 

 funds of the Society are invested having lieen examined and found as reported. 



Expenditures made through tlie Park Department of the City of New Y^ork 

 have not been verified by this audit as such moneys have not passed through 

 the hands of this Society, but are in due course checked and verified by the 

 Comptroller of the City. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WlLLTA3I W. NiLES. 



C. Ledyard Blair, 



Committee. 



X. B. — This report is made in tiie absence, through illness, of Mr. Hugh 

 D. Auchincloss, Chairman. 



