96 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



CONCLUSION. 



The continuously advancing cost of practically everything 

 used in the maintenance of the Zoological Park is of course a 

 source of continuous anxiety. The effort to produce food in the 

 Park, and to economize to the utmost limits, must be unremitting. 

 At all hazards, however, we must do two things. We must keep 

 our 4,000 living things clean and in good health, and we must 

 prevent the buildings, dens, aviaries and fences of the Park from 

 deteriorating through lack of care. If our walks are not at every 

 point kept fully up to the highest standard of previous years, 

 the public may know that it is because the labor and material 

 has been more seriously needed elsewhere. 



During the year 1918, a very serious amount of repair work 

 must be bestowed upon the eastern portion of the roof of the Lion 

 House, and the ceilings underneath. 



Respectfully submitted, 



William T. Hornaday, 



Director. 



