REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXI 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



Appropriation bj^ Congress "for the organization, improvement, and 

 maintenance of the National Zoological Park." 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresmtatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled, That the oue-half of the following sums named respectively is 

 hereby ap])ropriateil ont of .any money iu the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

 and the other half ont of the revenues of the District of Colnmbia, for the organi- 

 zation, impi'ovemeut, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be ex- 

 pended under the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and to be 

 drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer of said Institution: 



For the shelter of animals $15,000.00 



For shelter barns, cages, fences, and inclosnres, and other provisions 



for the custody of animals 9, 000. 00 



For rej)airs to the Holt mansion to make the same suitable for occu- 



l)ancy, and for office furniture 2, 000. 00 



For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions for aquatic 



animals 2,000.00 



For water supply, sewerage, and drainage 7, 000. 00 



For roads, walks, and bridges 15, 000. 00 



For miscellaneous supplies, materials, and sundry incidental expenses 



not otherwise provided for 5, 000. 00 



For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food 



supplies, salaries of all necessary employ6s, and the acquisition and 



transportation of specimens 37,000,00 



Sec. 2. That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under the 

 direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, w^ho arc author- 

 ized to transfer to ir. any living specimens, whether of aninuils or plants, 

 now or hereafter in their charge ; to accept gifts for the park, at their dis- 

 cretion, iu the name of the United States; to make exchanges of speci- 

 mens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the advancement of 

 science and the instruction and recreation of the people. 



Sec. o. That the heads of Executive Departments of the Government 

 are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all necess.iry 

 and practical aid to the said Regents in the acquisition of collections for 

 the Zoological Park. 



Approved April 30, 1890. 



92, 000. 00 

 Expenditures from April 30, 1890, to June 30, 1890. 



Shelter barns, cages, etc $43 83 



Miscellaneous supplies I!j7 l'>7 



Current expenses 717 10 



Total expenditures National Zoological Park 91^<,50 



Balance July 1, 1890 91,081.50 



RECAPITULATION. 



The total amount of the funds administered by the Institution dur- 

 ing the year ending June 30, 1890, appears, from the foregoing state- 

 ments and the account books, to have been as follows : 



From balance of last year, July 1, 1889 |11, 757.47 



From interest on Smithsonian fund for the year 42, 180. 00 



From sales of publications 410. (H 



From repayments for freights, etc 3, 489.50 



From special gifts for astrophysical research 10, 000. 00 



Total 07,842.98 



