SECRETARY'S REPORT 105 



ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VISITORS FOB FISCAL YEAR 1951 



July (1950) 452,500 February 193,600 



August 470,000 March 263,200 



September 290,700 April 391,300 



October 296, 900 May 418, 500 



November 156,600 June 350,700 



December 64, 150 ■ 



January (1951) 112,200 Total 3,460,400 



Groups came to the Zoo from schools in Canada, Cuba, Haiti, and 

 29 States, some as far away as Maine, Florida, Oklahoma, Kansas, 

 and North Dakota. There was an increase of 167 groups and 13,445 

 individuals in groups over last year. 



NUMBEB OF GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS 



State 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Canada 



Connecticut 



Cuba 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Haiti 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



State 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina 

 North Dakota.. 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Pennsylvania.. 

 Rhode Island.., 

 South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



West Virginia.. 

 Wisconsin 



Total 



Number 

 of groups 



4 

 1 



17 



104 



195 



1 



52 



2 



241 



1 



78 



41 



512 



63 



4 



2,140 



Number 

 in groups 



121 



18 



1,160 



5,487 



7,125 



42 



5,784 



36 



12, 993 



1S2 



2,379 



1,699 



26, ooe 



3,556 

 135 



115,998 



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

 by the Zoo police 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 of the 

 District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia cars come to the Zoo to 

 bring guests from other States. The tabulation for the fiscal year 

 1951 is as follows : 



Percent 



Maryland 25. 5 



Washington, D. O 23. 7 



Virginia 21. 5 



Pennsylvania 5. 



New York 2.7 



North Carolina 2. 5 



Ohio- 



Percent 

 1.9 



West Virginia 1.5 



New Jersey. 



1.4 



Florida 1. 



Massachusetts 



California 



1.0 

 0.8 



