REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



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NEEDS OF THE ZOO 



The Zoo now has four fine exhibition buildings, but there are 

 three old ones, housing lions, monkeys, and antelopes, that are most 

 unsatisfactor}^ and unsuitable buildings. It is hoped that appro- 

 priations can be made to replace these structures with modern build- 

 ings which would complete the development of the Zoo as far as 

 large animal houses are concerned. 



VISnORS FOR THE YEAR 



There was a decrease in the attendance for the year compared with 

 last year. The return in the fall of 1937 of the National Geographic- 

 Smithsonian Institution East Indies Expedition brought out large 

 crowds which continued visiting the Park far into the winter, when 

 attendance is usually small. 



July 251, 000 



August 239, 500 



September 263, 400 



October 158, 100 



November 134, 400 



December 80, 200 



January 86, 950 



February 118, 530 



March 151, 700 



April 291, 600 



May 232, 100 



June 193, 600 



Total 2, 201, 080 



The attendance of organizations, mainly classes of students, of 

 which there is definite record, was 37,220, from 699 different schools 

 in 22 States and the District of Columbia as follows : 



state 



Alabama 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Pennsylvania.. 

 South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Virginia-.- 



West Virginia.. 

 Miscellaneous.. 



Total 



Number 

 of per- 

 sons 



2,806 



1,965 

 783 

 596 

 80 



6,562 

 541 

 137 



6,077 

 742 

 137 



37, 220 



Number 

 of parties 



32 

 25 

 24 

 17 



1 

 134 

 16 



4 



131 



19 



2 



About 3 o'clock every afternoon, except Sundays and holidays, a 

 census is taken of the cars parked on the Zoo grounds. During the 

 year, 27,932 were so listed, representing every State in the Union, 

 Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba, Panama, Hawaii, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, 

 Guam, and the Philippine Islands. 



Since the total number is merely a record of those actually parked 

 at one time, it is not of value as indicating a total attendance but 



