APPENDIX 6 

 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the oper- 

 ations of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1924 : 



The appropriation made by Congress for the regular maintenance 

 of the park was the same as for the preceding year, $125,000. The 

 bill providing for printing and binding, Smithsonian Institution, 

 contained an additional allotment of $300 for the National Zoologi- 

 cal Park. 



The year has been one of the most successful in the history of the 

 park, both as to care and maintenance of the buildings, grounds, 

 and collections, and in service to the public. In addition to man}' 

 minor improvements, a new restaurant building has been completed. 

 This was in operation before the close of the year; and the cleanly, 

 roomy, open refreshment room and sanitary serving quarters have 

 been greatly appreciated by visitors. The collection is beyond doubt 

 of far greater value and scientific interest than ever before, and has 

 been kept in excellent condition, with low rate of loss. All previous 

 attendance records have been broken, and a total of 2,442,880 visitors 

 was recorded for the year. 



ACCESSIONS 



Gifts. — Altogether, 221 animals were presented to the park, or 

 placed on indefinite deposit, during the year. A most notable acces- 

 sion was a fine young Baird's tapir, presented by Mr. M. G. Henery, 

 of Puerto Castillo, Honduras, and obtained through the interest of 

 Dr. Wm. M. Mann. Baird's tapir has always been one of the rarest 

 animals in captivity and the only specimen ever before in the Na- 

 tional Zoological Park was a young animal exhibited for a short 

 time 24 yeai-s ago. Three species of tapirs are now living in the 

 park, a most unusual record for any zoological garden. Mr. Henery 

 is to be congratulated on his notable achievement in adding this 

 unusual animal to the national collections. 



Mr. Victor J. Evans, of Washington, D. C, who has taken a great 

 interest in the National Zoological Park for many years, continued 

 his contributions of carefully selected animals of the rarer and more 



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