FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 61 



New York, April 1st, 1911. 



To the President and Board of Managers of 



The New York Zoological Society: 



The undersigned being a majority of the Auditing Commit- 

 tee of the New York Zoological Society appointed for the year 

 ending December 31, 1911, in the absence of their Chairman, 

 Mr. Hugh D. Auchincloss, who is abroad, hereby report that 

 they have examined the special audit of the books and accounts 

 of the New York Zoological Society for the year ending De- 

 cember 31, 1910, made by The Audit Company of New York, 

 and are satisfied that the same is a comprehensive and complete 

 audit of said books and accounts and sets forth clearly the expen- 

 ditures and receipts of the various accounts and certifies that 

 cash on hand and on deposit has been counted and found correct 

 and that the securities in which the Society's funds are invested 

 have been examined and found as reported, and that all the ac- 

 counts of the Society have been verified by the said auditor, ex- 

 cept certain expenditures shown on Exhibits D, K and L of The 

 Audit Company's report, which expenditures were made through 

 the Park Department, the moneys not passing through the hands 

 of the Society and which expenditures we understand are checked 

 by the Comptroller and are not verified by this audit. 



Respectfully submitted, 



( William White Niles, 

 Auditing Committee} Acting Chairman. 



I C. Ledyard Blair. 



