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Maryland, and Virginia cars come to the Zoo to bring guests from 

 other States. The tabulation for the fiscal year 1954 is as follows: 



Percent 



Maryland 26. 3 



District of Columbia 23.4 



Virginia 23. 



Pennsylvania 4. 6 



New York 2.6 



North Carolina 1.9 



Percent 



New Jersey 1.6 



Ohio 1. 5 



West Virginia 1. 3 



Massachusetts 1. 2 



Florida 1. 



Illinois . 7 



The cars that made up the remaining 10.9 percent came from every 

 one of the remaining States, as well as from Alaska, Austria, British 

 Columbia, Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba, Germany, Hawaii, Honduras, 

 Liberia, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Puerto Rico, South America, and the 

 West Indies. 



On the days of even small attendance there are cars parked in the 

 Zoo from at least 15 States, Territories, the District, and foreign coun- 

 tries. On average days there are cars from about 22 States, Terri- 

 tories, the District, and foreign countries; and during the periods of 

 greatest attendance the cars represent not less than 34 different States, 

 Territories, and countries. 



COOPERATION 



At all times special efforts are made to maintain friendly contacts 

 with other Government and State agencies, private concerns and 

 individuals, and scientific workers for mutual assistance. As a result 

 the Zoo receives much help and advice and many valuable specimens, 

 and in turn the Zoo furnishes information and, whenever possible, 

 specimens it does not need. 



Dr. Willard H. Eyestone, veterinary pathologist of the National 

 Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., continued making autopsies on 

 animals that have died in the Zoo, in order to obtain information 

 regarding cancer and other diseases affecting human beings. 



Special acknowledgment is due to the United States Despatch Agent 

 in New York City, Howard Fyfe, an officer of the State Department, 

 who has frequently been called upon to clear shipments of animals 

 coming from abroad. This he has done, often at great personal incon- 

 venience, and the animals have been forwarded to Washington without 

 the loss of a single specimen. 



As in previous years the Zoo received gifts of various kinds of food 

 that could not be sold for human consumption but was suitable for 

 animals. Some of this material was turned over to the Zoo at the 

 suggestion of the United States Food and Drug Administration and 

 the District of Columbia food inspectors. This helps considerably to 

 hold purchases to a minimum. Through the office of United States 

 Marshal W. Bruce Matthews, food that had been condemned by the 



