SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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Other buildings which received many general repairs were 

 the following: Rocking-Stone Restaurant, Boat-House Res- 

 taurant, Entrances, Ostrich House, the various deer houses and 

 shelters, Service Building, etc. 



The following outdoor range fences were overhauled and 

 painted : Burrowing-Rodent enclosure, Buffalo fence, Sea Lion 

 Pool fence. Rocky Mountain Goat fence, Asiatic, Red, Axis and 

 Mule Deer fences. Elk fence, as was also the southern boundary 

 fences. 



Two hundred and seventy-two tons of ice were harvested 

 in 1912. 



The usual work at the Nursery was carried on. and the 

 following stock was produced : 



Live Stock. 



2,6il Chickens 



130 Pigeons 



1,239 Rabbits 



390 Guinea Pigs 

 2,653 Rats 

 320 Mice 

 37 Pigs 

 25,261 Eggs 



Vegetaht.es. 



210 Bu. Potatoes 

 25 Tons Mangels 

 3 Tons Corn Stalk.-. 

 1 Ton Oat Straw 

 1 Ton Carrots 

 1,500 Bu. Carrots 

 1,308 Bu. Beets 

 2,400 Rts. Celery 



140 Pks. Chickweed 

 2,000 Hd. Cabbage 

 3,118 Ears Corn 

 3,028 Hd. Lettuce 

 20 Bu. Tomatoes 

 104 Qts. Berries 

 104 I-bs. Grapes 



PLANTS PROPAGATED: 



32.936 Perennials. 2,000 Shrubs. 



DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. 



H. R. Mitchell, Chief Clerk and Manager of Privileges; 

 George A. Dorn, Cashier. 



To the usual routine work of this department connected 

 with the maintenance of the Park and the operation of the 

 privileges, there has been added during the past year the neces- 

 sary details in connection with the purchase, delivery and bill- 

 ing of a large and varied quantity of materials required in 

 connection with the unusual amount of ground improvement 

 work that was carried on throughout the year. 



It will be noted by reference to the schedule printed else- 

 where that the attendance of visitors during 1912 was the 

 greatest of any year in the history of the Park, the total reach- 

 ing nearly a million and three-quarters. 



Because of the rigid rules of the Board of Estimate, not 

 permitting transfers from one account to another within the 

 Maintenance Fund for the year, and the extremely high prices 



