FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 49 



As an evidence of the cordiality between the City and the 

 New York Zoological Society, the following extract from a letter 

 addressed to the President of the Society by the executive head 

 of the previous administration will be of general interest : 



"During the last six years that I was Mayor, I took a great 

 interest in the Zoological Park. I visited it often, and became 

 quite familiar with its work. You may, or may not, know that 

 I am more or less of an enthusiast on the subject of zoos, so much 

 so that I have been to nearly every one of any importance. 



"I do not think that there can be any question but that the 

 New York Zoological Park is the best managed one I have ever 

 seen. More than this, I believe that for every dollar the City 

 spends upon the Zoological Park the people receive full value in 

 return. This has been due to the untiring and public-spirited 

 devotion of your colleagues in the management, and of yourself. 



"I am, with kindest regards and best wishes, 



"Yours very truly, 



"George B. McClellan. 



"December 21, 1910. 

 "To Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, 

 "850 Madison Avenue." 



Our relations with the Park Departments and the respective 

 commissioners, have continued to be of the most satisfactory 

 character. The Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of 

 Aldermen and Presidents of the Boroughs of Manhattan and of 

 the Bronx, and especially the Hon. Charles B. Stover, Commis- 

 sioner of Parks for the Borough of Manhattan, and the Hon. 

 Thomas H. Higgins, Commissioner of Parks for the Borough of 

 the Bronx, have all manifested their good will and interest in the 

 welfare and development of the Society, and have given every 

 possible assistance, and your Committee takes this opportunity 

 to express its cordial sense of appreciation therefor. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Madison Grant, Chairman, 



John S. Barnes, Wm. Pierson Hamilton, 



Percy R. Pyne, Frank K. Sturgis, 



Samuel Thorne, Levi P. Morton, 



William White Niles, Henry Fairfield Osborn, 



ex-officio. 



