SECRETARY'S REPORT 



137 



Sunday, September 4, 1955, 11,813 persons; the next day, Labor Day, 

 9,661 at the same building; small-mammal house, Sunday, April 29, 

 1956, 9,517 visitors. On Sunday, June 3, 1956, a check of cars entering 

 the Connecticut Avenue gate in 1 hour recorded 200 cars with 669 pas- 

 sengers. 



Estimated number of visitors for fiscal year 1956 



July (1955) 547,500 



August 460, 300 



September 388, 720 



October 344, 000 



November 188, 700 



December 81, 550 



January (1956) 127,350 Total 3,788,229 



Groups came to the Zoo from schools in Formosa and 32 States, some 

 as far away as Alabama, California, Florida, and Maine. 



Number of groups from schools 



February 180, 950 



March 199, 585 



April 470, 274 



May 435, 300 



June 364, 000 



Locality 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Locality 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina . 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



South Carolina.. 

 South Dakota. ._ 



Tennessee 



Vermont 



Virginia 



West Virginia. .. 

 Wisconsin 



Total. 



Number 

 of groups 



5 

 4 

 1 



19 



101 



186 



38 



238 



73 



1 



61 



1 



562 



29 



3 



2,168 



Number 

 in groups 



173 



205 



46 



1,389 



6,589 



11,123 



1,965 



11,964 



2,202 



32 



2,973 



24 



32,986 



2,833 



284 



134,479 



About 2 p. m. each day the cars then parked in the Zoo are counted 

 and listed according to the State, Territory, or country from which 

 they came. This is, of course, not a census of the cars coming to 

 the Zoo, but is valuable in showing the percentage of attendance, by 

 States, of people in private automobiles. Many District of Columbia, 

 Maryland, and Virginia cars come to the Zoo to bring guests from 

 other States. The tabulation for the fiscal year 1955 is as follows: 



Percent 



Maryland 28. 1 



Virginia 22. 7 



District of Columbia 22. 4 



Pennsylvania 6. 9 



New York 2. 9 



North Carolina 2. 6 



New Jersey 1. 4 



Ohio 



West Virginia 

 Massachusetts 



Florida 



California 



Percent 

 . 1.3 

 . 1.0 

 . 0.9 

 . 0.9 

 . 0.8 



91.9 



