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.•111(1 iiiclosmcs Cor animnls, ami lor ailiiiiiiistrat h c jjiirjioscs, care, suhsistiiii < . and 

 (rausporlatioii of animals, ami lor ilic |)iirilias(! or ('X(liaii<;f of sprciiiifiis jiot othcr- 

 wist' oltlaiiialilc, iuclmliiin- salaries or comix-nsatioii of all iifccssary cmiilovcs, and 

 general iiieideiital exjieiisos not otherwise ]>rovi(led for. $7^,000." 

 ] lia\ e tlie honor to be, \-eiy res])ee.tfull,\-, yours, 



S. 1*. Lan<;i.kv, 



Secrctarii. 

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The Coimaittec on Appropiiatioiisof tlie United States kSeiuite linally 

 recommended tliat tlie sum allowed by the House for the Park bo raised 

 to "^To.OlK), and that the amount be ;t])pi'oi)riate(l in one item, that is to 

 say, without assigning- special sums to s])ecial subordinate heads. 



In the conference committee ui)on the sundry civil bill the amonnt 

 recommended l)y the Senate was reduced to >*")(). 000, bnt the embarrass- 

 ment of s])ecial snblieads of ai»]>ro})riation was removed. The bill was 

 linally passed* in the following terms. 



National Zoiilogical Park: For continuing the construction of roads- 

 walks, bridges, water siii)])ly, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, 

 planting, and otherwise improving th« grounds; erecting and rei>air, 

 ing buildings and inclosures for animals; and for administrative pur- 

 poses, care, subsistence, and transportation of animals, iiu'luding sala- 

 ries or compensation of all necessary employes, and general incidental 

 expenses not otherwise ])rovided for, tifty thousand dollars, one-half of 

 which sum shall Ix^paid from the revenues of the District of Columl)ia 

 and the other half iiom the Treasury of the United States; and a le- 

 port in detail of the e\])enses on account of the National Zoological 

 Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular ses- 

 sion. 



Worix (drccuJi) done. — Notwithstanding a compulsory waste of means 

 caused by the fact that insufticient appropriations made it necessary 

 to do certain urgent Avork provisionally and imperfectly, it is believed 

 that results have been attained at a smaller expense than is usual in 

 establishments of the same nature elsewhere. The following table 

 shows the cost of the princii)al works i)roj(ict(Ml up to June .'iO, 1892, 



In elucidation of these statements, the ])lans and <lra wings of a 

 ])ortion of the work given (on a necessarily small scab' in the text) may 

 be referred to (see Plates ii, iii, iv and v.) 



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Ponds (still im-oiiiplete) $1,915.00 



Bear yards iind stone rotainiii';- wall ahove them (I'latc II) 1.. 501. 00 



Water sujiply 4, 400. 00 



.Sewerage and <lrainage 2, tiJM . 4.5 



Road.s and walk.s 18. i)!)5. 00 



I?ridge over Rock Creek, including re])air.s 8, 18ti. 00 



Cultivating, grading, i)lanting etc ;{, :i50. 00 



Services of engineers and landscape archite<!ts 1, 08s. oO 



*Owiug to the long session of Congress the hill did not heeome .-i law until August 

 5, 1892. Although the scope of this report is confined to the tiscal yeai- ending .June 

 i50, 1892, it seems desirable to conclude here the hislory of this session's oi)eration. 



t See Plate I. 



