Appendix IV. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL 



PARK. 



Sir: I have the honor to lierewith submit the following report relating to the con- 

 dition and operations of the National Zoological Park for the year ending June 30, 

 1904. 



At the close of that period the approximate value of the property belonging to the 

 park was as follows: 



Buildings for animals $100, 000 



Buildings for administrative purposes 14, 000 



Othce furniture, books, apparatus, etc - - 4, 200 



Machinery, tools, and implements 2, 200 



Fences and outdoor inclosures -^"^i ^0^ 



Roadways, bridges, paths, rustic seats, etc 80, 000 



Nurseries 1' ^^^ 



Horses ^^^ 



Animals in zoological collection 42, 000 



A detailed list of the animals in the collection is appended hereto. They may be 

 classified as follows: 



Mammals . . 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Total. 



Indige- 

 nous. 



318 

 290 

 113 



Foreign. 



154 



127 



12 



Domesti- 

 cated. 



Total. 



541 



445 

 125' 



1,111 



The accessions of animals during the year have been as follows: 



Presented "^ 



Purchased and collected 251 



Lent - - 19 



Received from Yellowstone National Park 4 



Received in exchange " 



Born in National Zoological Park 97 



Total 



470 



The cost for purchase, collection, and transportation of these accessions has been 

 $4,500. 



The api)ropriation for the general service of the park was made in the following 

 terms: 



"For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage 

 and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; 

 erecting and repairing l)uildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and 

 transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employ- 

 . ees, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, the printing and publishing of 

 operations, not exceeding one thousand live hundred copies, and general incidental 

 expenses not otherwise provided for, ninety-five thousand dollars." 



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