SECRETARY'S REPORT 



109 



Easter Sunday and Monday. This work has of necessity been re- 

 duced to a minimum, with the result that the Zoo has been criticized by 

 correspondents and the press for the condition of the grounds. 



Temporary policemen were employed this year to assist the regular 

 police during days of heaviest attendance or when the force was 

 short-handed. This is a satisfactory arrangement and much more 

 economical than employing additional full-time policemen when the 

 permanent persoimel now authorized is adequate for a large proportion 

 cf the time. 



VISITORS 



The estimated number of visitors to the Zoo was 3,616,220, which was 

 384,770 more than for the year 1953. 



Estimated number of visitors for fiscal year 195^ 



Februai-y 184, 700 



March 

 April _. 

 May- 

 June— 



260, GOO 

 440, 770 

 402, 800 

 409. 500 



July (1953) 422,000 



August 561, 500 



September 296, 000 



October 310, 000 



November 191, 200 



December 58, 150 



January (1954) 79,000 Total 3,016,220 



Groups came to the Zoo from schools in Cuba, Mexico, and 30 States, 

 some as far away as Maine, Florida, Mississippi, California, and Wis- 

 consin. 



Number of groups from schools 



Locality 



Alabama.. _. 



California 



Connecticut 



Cuba _ 



Delaware... 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana. 



Iowa 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Mexico 



Michigan -. 



Minnesota 



Locality 



Mississippi 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina.. 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Pennsylvania 



Rliode Island 



South Carolina.. 



Tennessee 



Vermont 



Virginia ..- 



West Virginia... 

 Wisconsin 



Total 



Number 

 of groups 



2 



10 



106 



212 



46 



1 



152 



1 



48 



45 



1 



468 



32 



1 



1,884 



Number 

 in groups 



238 



87 



808 



6, 959 



8,030 



1,836 



38 

 8,427 



33 

 2,123 

 1,871 



40 



24, 739 



2,971 



83 



103, 926 



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 District of Columbia, 



