SECRETARY'S REPORT 



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ministrative Services Act of 1949 (Public Law 152, 81st Congress, 

 approved June 30, 1949) General Eegulation 100 of the General Ac- 

 counting Office, and Budget-Treasury Regulation No. 1, there is need 

 for three additional clerks. 



VISITORS 



The estimated number of visitors to the Zoo was 3,231,450, which 

 was 63,119 less than for the year 1952, a decrease due mainly to several 

 rainy or threatening weekends in the spring. 



Estimated numder of visitors for fiscal year 195S 



July (1952) 389,000 



August 413, 800 



September 346, 000 



October 246, 700 



November 186, 600 



December 65, 800 



January (1953) 73,150 



February 101, 500 



March 211, 600 



April 353, 000 



May 467, 000 



June 377, 300 



Total 3, 231, 450 



Groups came to the Zoo from schools in Mexico, South America, 

 Japan, and 30 States, some as far away as Maine, Florida, Kansas, and 

 Wisconsin. There was an increase of 36 groups and 3,681 individuals 

 in groups over last year. 



Number of groups from schools 



Locality 



Alabama 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Japan. 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Mexico 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Number 

 of groups 



22 

 12 

 17 

 114 

 7 

 61 

 2 

 13 

 1 

 1 

 1 



19 

 13 

 611 

 19 

 1 

 7 

 3 



Number 

 In groups 



36, 



763 

 619 

 769 

 837 

 222 

 679 

 634 

 729 

 16 

 29 

 32 

 671 

 658 

 701 

 749 

 28 

 470 

 132 



Locality 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey. 



New York 



North Carolina., 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania 



South America.. 

 South Carolina.. 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Virginia 



West Virginia... 

 Wisconsin 



TotaL 



Number 

 of groups 



2 



2 

 3 



17 



72 



213 



63 



261 



1 



53 



62 



1 



616 



45 



2 



2,227 



Number 

 In groups 



158 



66 



120 



1,210 



6,811 



9,261 



2,485 



14, 169 



40 



1,876 



2,864 



19 



27, 738 



3,902 



111 



127, 653 



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

 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 



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