BEPORT OF THE SECEETAEY 

 Status of collection 



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There are fewer individuals in the list of the collection than last 

 year. Because of the crowded conditions no attempt has been made 

 to replace losses in certain groups that cannot be properly exhibited, 

 and numbers of fish, amphibia, and other very transient individuals 

 have not been listed. 



The quality of the collection, however, is greatly improved, and 

 the park is exhibiting an unusual number of rare and interesting 

 species. 



Visitors 



July 262, 300 



August 267, 825 



September 270, 900 



October- 

 November. 

 December. 



January 



February. 



268, 400 



103, 600 



99, 600 



84, 750 



21, 150 



March- 

 April 



May__. 

 June__ 



70,200 

 999, 496 

 286,800 

 243, 020 



Total visitors for 



year 2, 978, 041 



The attendance of organizations, mainly classes of students, of 

 which there is definite record, was 34,445 from 586 different schools 

 in 20 States and the District of Columbia, as follows : 



state 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Missouri 



New Hampshire 



State 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina 

 North Dakota. 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania- - 

 South Carolina. 



Virginia 



West Virginia.- 



Total 



Number of 

 persons 



2,810 



2,798 



552 



43 



305 



7,305 



83 



3,699 



420 



34, 445 



Number of 

 parties 



42 



21 



14 



1 



7 



125 



3 



80 



Observations of the numbers of automobiles from the District of 

 Columbia and the different States and countries has led to the taking 

 of a census each day of the cars actually parked in the park at one 

 time. From a total of about 35,000 cars it has been ascertained that 

 approximately 50 percent are from the District of Columbia, the re- 

 mainder including cars from every State in the Union, besides several 

 from each of the following possessions and countries : Alaska, Canal 

 Zone, Hawaii, Canada, and Panama. 



