REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



97 



Animals on hand July 1, 1919. 

 Accessions during the year — 



1,336 

 518 



Total animals handled 



Deduct loss (by exchange, death, and return of animals on deposit) . 



1,854 

 427 



Animals on hand June 30, 1920 1, 427 



It will be interesting at this time to submit figures showing the 

 comparative size of the collection at the close of each fiscal year since 

 the foundation of the park. The years and numbers of animals are 

 as follows: 



520 

 553 

 567 

 549 

 675 

 839 

 878 

 883 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 1, 336 



1920 1, 427 



1,193 

 1,402 

 1,416 

 1, 421 

 1,414 

 1, 551 

 1.46S 

 1, 362 

 1,397 

 1,383 

 1,223 

 1, 217 



1892 448 



1893 504 



1S94 510 



1895 



189G 



1897 



189S 



1S99 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 1, 000 



1904 1, 111 



1905 1, 307 



190G 1, 272 



The number of animals is now 124 under that of the record year 

 (1912), but is greater than has been maintained since 1913. The 

 monetary and scientific value of the collection is, however, very much 

 greater than ever before. 



VISITORS. 



The attendance for the fiscal year, as determined by count and 

 estimate, was 2,229.605, a daily average of 6,108. This is the first 

 time that the official records have gone above 2,000,000. The 

 greatest number of visitors in any one month was 402,403, in April, 

 1920, an average per day of 13,413. The largest single day's attend- 

 ance in the history of the park occurred in this month, on Sunday, 

 the 11th, when 95,000 people were admitted to the gates. The other 

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