REPORT OF 

 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO TH-E BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



THE Executive Committee of the Board of Managers of the 

 New York Zoological Society takes pleasure in reporting 

 that during the year 1906 continuous and satisfactory progress 

 has been made toward the completion of the Zoological Park and 

 the Aquarium. The scientific work of the Society still remains 

 somewhat in the background pending the completion of the large 

 amount of construction still going on at the Park. The most 

 important events of the year have been : The development of the 

 North End of Baird Court and the Concourse ; and the new and 

 important approach to the terminus of the subway system at West 

 Farms now practically completed. This new entrance involved a 

 restudy of our original plan for this part of the Park and a large 

 amount of road-building and planting, together with the construc- 

 tion of a Pavilion and gates, and of the large Boat House on 

 Bronx Lake. The building for small deer has also been substan- 

 tially completed, although not yet opened. Plans have been made 

 for the remainder of the buildings in the Park, and the end of 

 1908 should see the end of construction on a large scale, provided 

 the City continues to maintain its present liberal attitude towards 

 the Society. 



During the past year the attendance at the Zoological Park 

 reached the total of 1,321,917, being an increase of 88,390 over 

 the attendance of 1905. These figures relate to the fenced por- 

 tion of the Park, and do not include the visitors to the area lying 

 east of Boston Road and to Bronx Lake, which has become a 

 favorite resort for visitors during the summer. 



The attendance at the Aquarium for the year 1906 has been 

 the largest in the history of that institution, and reached the enor- 

 mous figure of 2,106,569, which is 380,399 more than last year, 

 and represents an average daily attendance of 6,040. Since the 

 original opening of the Aquarium, it has been visited by 17,103,- 

 328 people. The total annual cost to the City for the maintenance 

 of the Zoological Park and for the Aquarium is about 53^ cents 

 per visitor. 



