GENERAL STATUS 

 OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



Origin. — The New York Zoological Park originated with 

 the New York Zoological Society, a scientific body incor- 

 porated in 1895, under a special charter granted by the 

 Legislature of the State of New York. The declared objects 

 of the Society are three in number — "A public Zoological 

 Park; the preservation of our native animals; the promotion 

 of zoology." The Society has enrolled among its various 

 classes over 2,000 members. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn is the President of the Society. 

 The affairs of the Society are managed by a Board of Mana- 

 gers of thirty-six persons, which meets three times each 

 year. The planning and general development of the Zoo- 

 logical Society is in the hands of an Executive Committee 

 of eight members, as follows : Madison Grant, Chairman ; 

 Percy R. Pyne, Samuel Thorne, William White Niles, Watson 

 B. Dickerman, Wm. Pierson Hamilton, Frank K. Sturgis, 

 Lispenard Stewart and Henry Fairfield Osborn, ex-officio. 

 Madison Grant, the Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 is also Secretary of the Society, and his office is at No. 11 

 Wall Street. Dr. William T. Hornaday is the Director and 

 General Curator of the Zoological Park, and his office is now 

 located in the Administration Building on Baird Court. The 

 address is 185th Street and Southern Boulevard. The So- 

 ciety assumed control of the grounds on July 1, 1898, and 

 began the first excavation, for the Bird House, on August 

 11th. The Park Department began work, on the Wild-Fowl 

 Pond, on August 29, 1898. 



Sources of Income. — The funds devoted to the develop- 

 ment of the Zoological Park have been derived from the 

 following sources : 



1. From the Zoological Society, obtained by subscriptions 

 from private citizens — funds for plans, for the erection of 

 buildings, aviaries, dens and other accommodations for 

 animals; and for the purchase of animals. 



2. From the City of New York — by vote of the Board of 

 Estimate and Apportionment — funds for the construction of 

 walks, roads, sewers and drainage, water supply, public com- 



