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At the Nursery we raised the usual amount of vegetables 

 and live stock, though still badly handicapped by the absence of 

 proper breeding houses for poultry. 



An event during the year was a visit to the Park of the 

 American Association of Park Superintendents during their 

 Convention, on August 27, 1914. The members were enter- 

 tained by the New York Zoological Society at Luncheon. The 

 visitors, who came from all over the United States and Canada, 

 expressed unbounded admiration for the Park and its installa- 

 tions, and tendered a vote of thanks to the New York Zoological 

 Society, for its courtesy. 



DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. 

 H. R. Mitchell, Chief Clerk and Manager of Privileges; Wm. Mitchell. Cashier. 



The year 1914 has been one of important changes and im- 

 provements in the Chief Clerk's office force and office accom- 

 modations. The erection of the new Privilege Building provided 

 for the removal of the cook's store-rooms and kitchen, thereby 

 releasing several valuable rooms. This led to many important 

 changes that benefited nearly all of the officers in the Service 

 Building. It also provided additional storage space for publi- 

 cations and stock. 



For the first time in a number of years, the Budget allow- 

 ance for the year was granted in a lump sum "For the Mainte- 

 nance of the Zoological Park," thus permitting its expenditure 

 under the various classifications as necessary without the for- 

 mality and delay incident to transfers by the Board of Estimate, 

 if granted at all. This plan has done much toward enabling us 

 to get through the year on the allowance made us by the City 

 without the necessity of calling on the Society to contribute to- 

 ward the Maintenance of the Park. A portion of the addition 

 of a little more than $8,000 made in our appropriation over 

 last year, was used in making increases of $5 per month (from 

 $55 to $60) in the pay of a number of laborers. 



Much work was done in the Chief Clerk's office during the 

 early months of the year in collecting data regarding the per- 

 sonnel of the force and other information concerning the appli- 

 cation of the pension plans of other institutions to our organiza- 

 tion. The Chief Clerk served on the Committee of three em- 

 ployees, with Mr. Ditmars and Mr. Merkel, which drafted the 



