50 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 34 



By comparison with work being done in other zoos we believe 

 these requests to be entirely reasonable, considering the Zoo not 

 only as a national institution but as one suitable for such a city as 

 Washington, D. C. 



During the present year the appropriation has been $180,000. 

 Nearly 3,000,000 j^ersons have visited the Zoo. It can be seen that 

 the cost per visitor is trivial. The one desire is to have exhibition 

 quarters so that the animals may be properly housed and displayed. 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. M. Mann, Director. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



