TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 89 



erable improvement in the ocnoral api)earance and quality of the 

 forthcoming' edition, althoug-h it is not probable that any I'educ- 

 tion can be made in the price. 



Souvenir Books, Postals and Miscellaneous Publications: — 

 The revised edition of the Souvenir Book that came out early 

 in the year had to be priced at seventy-five cents, somewhat 

 reducing the output. Under the circumstances, the showing 

 made between the date it appeared and the end of the year was 

 excellent. 



Postal card sales were very large throughout the year and 

 the stock on hand v^as greatly reduced. 



A new edition of the "Wild Animal Stamp Primer" w^as put 

 on sale at the beginning of our b.usiness season, and the results 

 showed that there has 1 een no decrease in its popularity as a 

 children's book. 



During 1921, a revised edition of Mr. Crandall's book, "Pets: 

 Their History and Care," originally published by Henry Holt and 

 Co., w^as issued by this department under the title "Pets and How 

 to Care for Them." The new edition appeared late in the year 

 and is meeting with a satisfactory sale. 



Gate Receipts: — The receipts from this source in the nast 

 year amounted to $17,059.80. a very substantial gain over 1920, 

 which was a record amount for admissions on paydays. In ac- 

 cordance with the Society's policy for several years past, the 

 entire amount was credited to the Improvement and Repair Ac- 

 count to be used for urgent general repairs and replacements 

 that could not be provided for from maintenance funds. Expen- 

 ditures from the Improvement and Repair Account for these 

 purposes in 1921 reached the sum of $25,463.77. 



Riding Animals: — This business is becoming increasingly 

 more difficult to handle properly in its present location. It has 

 long since completely outgrown the place originally provided 

 when the number of children handled was only a small portion 

 of the number handled last season. This section of the Park is 

 greatly congested by the large number of visitors passing be- 

 tween Fordham Entrance and Baird Court in addition to those 

 desiring to reach the many popular exhil:its in that immediate 

 location. The present arrangements for handling the large num- 

 ber of small children that must be handled in its operation, with 

 the greatest possible degree of safety, are no longer adequate. 



