ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 75 



A new thirt}-foot electric launch has been purchased, and will 

 be put in commission on Bronx Lake at the opening of the next 

 boating season, to make regular trips between the Boat House and 

 Bronxdale landing. Ten cents will be charged for a trip of 

 more than a mile, and stop-over checks will be given at the upper 

 landing. To this will be added the ordinary business of boat- 

 letting, which always has been profitable. New and up-to-date 

 boats will be purchased and added to the present equipment as 

 rapidly as circumstances seem to demand them. We confidently 

 expect this business, as a w'hole, will prove to be one of our most 

 popular and profitable privileges. 



Rocking Stone Restaurant. — On the whole, the past year has 

 been a very successful period for the Restaurant, and while the 

 net profits did not quite equal those of last season, an increase 

 would have been shown, but for the unfavorable weather in the 

 month of October, when the attendance fell ofif more than 50,000, 

 as compared with that of the previous year. 



An important improvement developed was the establishment 

 of our own laundry, which, in addition to giving us better work 

 than we were able to secure outside, saves us the constant annoy- 

 ance of the slow and uncertain deliveries which we had experi- 

 enced from independent laundries. 



Soda Water. — The manufacture of our own ice cream, as inau- 

 gurated in 1905, was continued with increased success. Not- 

 withstanding the enormously high prices we were obliged to 

 pay for ice during the entire season, the profit from soda-water 

 alone was $4,032.76 as against $2,946.07 in 1905. The net profits 

 of the soda-water stands for the year, including the sales of can- 

 dies and cigars, reached a total of $5,414.08. 



Souvenir Postal Cards. — The sale of souvenir postal cards w^as 

 continued under the plan adopted in 1905, and but for an un- 

 avoidable delay in the delivery of stock ordered in the early part 

 of the year, the sales would have doubled those of last year. This 

 privilege netted $1,295.55 lo^ the Animal Fund in 1906 as com- 

 pared with %'/6o.y'y in 1905. Many new subjects were added to 

 all series of cards. Our souvenir postal collection appears to be 

 the largest and most complete in the animal line to be found any- 

 where, and new subjects are constantly being added. The increase 

 in the sales of souvenir postal cards was so marked as to be 

 worthy of special mention. In September they sometimes reached 

 a total of more than $50 per day. 



Guide Book. — The completion of several important buildings 

 and installations, and the large additions to the animal collections 



