APPENDIX 6 



KEPORT OF THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



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

 tions of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1934. 



The regular appropriation made by Congress for the maintenance 

 of the park was $180,000. There was a reduction, mainly impound- 

 age for positions vacant, of $4,778. The total expenditures for the 

 year were about $175,200. 



ACCESSIONS 



Gifts. — A number of important gifts during the year have enriched 

 the collection appreciably. W. E. Buck, of Camden, N. J., presented 

 an electric catfish. From the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 

 through Colonel Dodge, were received a pair of Virginia deer. Wil- 

 liam LaVarre, of New York City, presented a pair of rare white 

 tayra cats. 



From the Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus was received 

 the Indian elephant " Babe ", a famous animal that had traveled 

 with the circus for 51 years. She was i^resented at the afternoon 

 performance on May 16, through Samuel W. Gumpertz and Robert 

 Ringling. 



Dr. Knowles Ryerson, of the Department of Agriculture, collected 

 in Puerto Rico and presented a specimen of the rare and attractive 

 Anolis cuvieri. 



DONORS AND THEIR GIFTS 



Paul Aclistetter and Hugh Claggett, Washingtou, D. C, 4 blue-tailed skinks, 



spiny lizard. 

 Messrs. Acton and Williams, Riverdale Fire Department, Riverdale, Md., 



alligator. 

 A. M. Agelasto, Washington, D. C, 2 spotted gourami. 

 R. M. Allen and Ernest C. Weise, Washington, D. C, tarantula, scorpion. 

 Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Store No. 310, Washington, D. C, common boa. 



C. C. Baker, Washington, D. C, tarantula. 

 Howard Ball, AVaslungton, D. C, pintail. 



H. Walter Barrows, Takoma Park, Md., green snake. 

 Pierce Beach, Silver Spring, Md., opossum. 

 Otto Benesh, Washington, D. C, blacksnake. 

 Dean F. Berry, Orlando, Fla., coral snake. 



D. G. Blake, Washington, D. C, opossum. 



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