THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 53 



Endowment Fund $3,000.00 



Accumulated income unexpended January i, igoS 403.44 



RECEIPTS. 



Interest on endowment 165.25 



$3,568.69 



EXl'ENUITLKES. 



For protection of bird life 40.00 



Balance available for expenditure SiQ-ii 



Invested in Illinois Central Ry. Four per cent. Gold Bonds. . 3.009.58 



$3,568.69 



H. R. Mitchell, Percy R. Pyne, 



Chief Clerk. Treasurer. 



January I, 1909. 



New York. X. Y.. Marcli 31, 1909. 



To the President and Board of Managers of the Nezv York 

 Zoological Society: 



The tmdersigned, \vho were appointed the AiuHting Committee 

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

 ber 31^ 1909, hereby report that they have examined the special 

 audit of the books and accounts of the New York Zoological So- 

 ciety for the year ending December 31, 1908. made by the Audit 

 Company of New York, and find that the report sets forth clearly 

 the expenditures and receipts of the various accounts, and that 

 all the accounts of the Society have been verified, except ex- 

 penditures shown on Exhibit "E," of the Audit Company's report, 

 covering the ground improvement fund, which expenditures were 

 made through the Park Department, the moneys not passing 

 through the hands of the Society. These expenditures, we under- 

 stand, are checked liy the Comptroller, and are not verified by 

 this audit. 



Respectfully submitted. 



(Signed.) Hugh D, Aithixcloss, 



Chainno)!. 

 (Signed.) C. LKinARD Blair. 

 (Signed.) \\'. \V. NiLES. 



Auditing Committee. 



