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vided, no great extension of the activities of the Society can be 

 charged against this fund. 



Mr. John D. Rockefeller donated during the year the sum of 

 $10,000, $1,000 of which, together with accrued interest, is to be 

 annually credited to this fund. 



Ground Improvement Fund. — On Januarj^ 1, 1910, there was 

 a balance of $28,851.14 to the credit of the Ground Improvement 

 Fund, and during August, 1910, $84,500 were provided by the 

 City, for the following specific purposes : 



Erection of Bear Dens; Removal of Moose 



House; Yak Shelter and Yards $11,000.00 



Zebra House 36,000.00 



Eagle and Vulture Aviary 20,000.00 



New Walks, Fences, &c 17,500.00 



On December 31, 1910, there was a balance of $56,367.71 to 

 the credit of this fund. 



Stokes' Bird Fund. — On January 1, 1910, there was a cash 

 balance of $5,203.89 to the credit of this fund, and during the 

 year interest accumulated in the amount of $206.47. There have 

 been no expenditures, and $5,056.46 was invested in five Illinois 

 Central Railway, four per cent, gold bonds, leaving a cash balance 

 of $353.^0 on December 31, 1910. 



Maintenance of the Park. — By the most strenuous economy, 

 the amount provided by the City for the maintenance of the Park 

 for 1910, viz., $167,632, proved sufficient to carry the Park 

 through the year, in spite of special expenditures in an effort to 

 keep the Park exceptionally clean and in providing additional 

 attendants. 



A substantial increase for 1911 was requested in order to 

 meet the charges for additional attendants and increased cost of 

 living, as well as to enable the Society to recompense its faithful 

 employees on a more liberal basis. A notice, however, was re- 

 ceived from the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, stating 

 that instead of an increase, we would have to make provision for 

 a reduction of ten per cent. A vigorous protest was made by 

 the officers of the Society, who showed clearly that a reduction 

 in our present inadequate maintenance was impossible owing to 

 the fact that the animals required food and attendants and that 

 no reduction in the scale of wages was possible, our men being 

 greatly underpaid in comparison with City employees. The 



