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acceptable to visitors, and has been well utilized. It is a satisfac- 

 tion to be able to report that thus far the room has been treated 

 by visitors as if the benefits it confers were gratefully appreciated. 

 It is of special utility to ladies who, through excessive fatigue or 

 sudden illness, require a retiring room with couches and easy 

 chairs, and such attention as a female attendant can bestow. 



Exhibit at the Sportsmen's Show. — Under the direction of 

 Chief Clerk Mitchell, the Society placed an exhibit of photo- 

 graphs, drawings, specimens and publications at the Sportsmen's 

 Show, held at the Madison Square Garden at the end of the win- 

 ter of 1903. This exhibit was constantly attended, by Mr. Mitch- 

 ell, Mr. Sanborn, and others, and the attention which it attracted 

 to the objects of the Zoological Society resulted in the acquisition 

 of about sixty new members. / 



Publications. — During the year a Souvenir Book of twenty 

 Zoological Park photographs, reproduced by the Albertype proc- 

 ess, was prepared and placed on sale. Although it was not 

 offered to the public until late in the year, its sales showed, up to 

 the end of the year, a profit of $218.15. About the same time a 

 series of souvenir postal cards, illustrating the Zoological Park, 

 was prepared and placed on sale, and up to the close of the year 

 yielded a net profit of $130.14. 



Gate Receipts. — The gate receipts for the past year show an 

 increase of 38 per cent, over those of 1902. The total for 1903 

 was $5,912.95, an increase of $1,656.45 over the amount of the 

 previous year. 



Rocking-Stone Restaurant. — The Restaurant service was con- 

 tinued under the same system of management as had proven sat- 

 isfactory in 1902. While no profit accrued to the benefit of the 

 Animal Fund, a net loss of $758.95 entered up on January 1, 

 1903, was at the end of the year converted into a profit of $89.83. 

 In addition to this there was effected a reduction in the obligations 

 due the General Fund of $150.00, besides the purchase of furni- 

 ture and fixtures during the year to the amount of about $500.00. 

 Thus it will be noted that an actual gain of $1,500.00 has been 

 made in the operations of the Restaurant during the year 1903. 

 A considerable increase in the amount of business can safely be 

 expected during 1904, which, if realized, will put the Restaurant 

 on a paying basis, and make it a regular annual contributor to the 

 Animal Fund. 



