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programmed IBM 1401 B computer of the Science Information Ex- 

 change of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Although tiie entire i)ioject had not been completed at the end of 

 the year, projection of the data of the first 7 months forecasts a visitor 

 population in excess of 3,200,000 from July 1, 1962, to June 30, 1963. 



Number of hus groups visiting the Zoo in fiscal year 196S 



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

 and listed according to the State or country from which they come. 

 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 fiscal year 1963 is as follows : 



