74 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Specimens. 



Received by gift 524 



Purchased 183 



Collected .• 434 



Born 97 



SUMMARY OF LIVE ANIMALS ON HAND ON JANUARY I, I902. 



Species. Specimens. 



Mammals no 416 



Birds 163 659 



Reptiles 98 599 



Total 371 1,674 



Specimens, 



Received by gift during the year 



" " purchase 717 



Born in the Park 316 



Collected 513 



On deposit 12 



DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. — H. R. Mitchell, CJiicf Clerk. 



With the growth of the Park the burdensome details of ad- 

 ministration naturally increase also. During the past year, 

 however, facilities for doing business have also increased. 



Service Building. — In August the new Service Building was 

 completed, and immediately occupied by the administration 

 stafif other than the curators, much to the relief of all concerned. 

 The Director, Chief Clerk, and their office assistants, Mr. Dickin- 

 son and Miss Morris, occupy Rooms i, 2, and 3 in the eastern 

 Half of the building, on the ground floor. Room 4 is the Store- 

 keeper's Room, for the receipt and issue of all stores and sup- 

 plies, except food and building materials, and for the storage 

 of tools. Room 5 is the Cook Room, where all cooked foods, 

 meats, and fish for the animals are prepared and issued to the 

 keepers. Room 6 is the Food Store-Room, and No. 7 is Ice 

 House B. 



On the upper floor are the offices of the Chief Forester and 

 Constructor,' the Civil Engineer, the Society's Photographer 



