88 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION 

 H. R. Mitchell. Chief Clerk and Manager of Privileges; George A. Dorn, Cashier. 



The additional office room given to this department when the 

 Director moved to his new quarters in the Administration Build- 

 ing has been of great assistance to us in meeting the evei' 

 increasing demands of the department. Our most urgent need 

 at this time is of more space for the storage of guide books, 

 postal cards, souvenir books and other supplies, which, in order 

 to show a satisfactory income, must be made up in very large 

 editions. There are at this moment awaiting proper storage, 

 about 25,000 guide books and souvenir books, and twenty-four 

 large cases of postal cards, which cannot be unpacked because of 

 the lack of room. It is proposed to provide for this storage in 

 the west end of the Service Building as soon as the new Privi- 

 lege Building is completed, in which new and better quarters 

 for the cook will be provided. 



Early in the year it was found necessary to add to the equip- 

 ment by the purchase of another automobile truck, and, after 

 careful consideration of the service required, a small gasoline 

 machine of a capacity of 1,500 lbs. was decided upon. The ma- 

 chine was delivered and put into service about the first of April, 

 and covered a remarkable amount of ground during the season. 

 The year's business could not possibly have been handled without 

 this extra equipment. 



In the latter part of the year, this department was so un- 

 fortunate as to lose the services of a valuable and trusted em- 

 ployee, Mr. Wm. I. Mitchell, who, after eight years' service as 

 office assistant and cashier, resigned to accept a position else- 

 where. Mr. Mitchell's thorough familiarity with all the details 

 of the various activities of the department made his services 

 extremely valuable, and his leaving regretable. The following- 

 resolution with reference to his services was adopted by the 

 Executive Committee : 



"Resolved, that in recognition of the faithful, efficient 

 and responsible services of Mr. William I. Mitchell, as 

 Cashier of The New York Zoological Park during a period 

 of eight years, now terminated by his acceptance of an 

 engagement elsewhere, the Executive Committee of The New 

 York Zoological Society hereby tenders him a gold watch 

 and one hundred dollars, with the good will of the Com- 

 mittee." 



Mr. George A. Dorn, who has been with the Bronx Borough 

 Bank for the past two years, and was well recommended by them. 



