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this point will delay the completion of the lower end of the Park- 

 way. The Commission has announced its policy of suspending 

 construction during the war, but this great driveway is now an 

 assured fact, and the water supply of the Zoological Park will 

 be protected from pollution. 



AUDITING. 



Upon the authorization of your Committee, the auditors, 

 Messrs. Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Company, made another ex- 

 amination of the system of receiving supplies at the Park dur- 

 ing 1917 and reported thereon with certain recommendations 

 which have been adopted. 



They are at present making the usual audit of the finances 

 of the Society for the year, which is being greatly facilitated by 

 the new system of checking the accounts quarterly. Their re- 

 port, as well as that of the Auditing Committee, will immedi- 

 ately follow the report of the Treasurer. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The relations with all departments and officials of the City's 

 government, and especially with the Park Department, have 

 continued to be most cordial and your Committee are greatly 

 indebted to these oflScials, as well as the members of the Board 

 of Estimate and Apportionment, for their support and co-opera- 

 tion during the past year. 



The Directors of the Park and Aquarium and their respec- 

 tive staffs, have been most zealous and energetic in the perform- 

 ance of their duties and the Society enters upon this new year 

 with the assurance of an ever increasing sphere of activity and 

 usefulness. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Madison Grant, Chairman, 



Percy R. Pyne, Lispenard Stewart, 



William White Niles, Watson B. Dickerman, 



Wm. Pierson Hamilton, Anthony R. Kuser, 

 Frank K. Sturgis, Henry Fairfield Osborn, 



Ex-Officio. 



