REPORT OF THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
N OTWITHSTANDING the handicap of an awful scourge of 
infantile paralysis, strikes on transportation lines, high 
prices and scarcity of animals, the Zoological Park has scored 
a fairly successful year. The drop in attendance, of 123,257, was 
this year wholly due to infantile paralysis and strikes on street 
railways, and the only cause for surprise is the fact that the 
decrease in attendance was not three or four times greater than 
it really was. 
During the entire summer the Park was so destitute of chil- 
dren that it reminded one of a deserted village. The attendance 
for the year was as follows: 
1916 1915 
PREVI yo fate ee eee 67,129 80,606 
ebrnuiaryee eee ak ee 38,791 123,466 
ISWLENTeC) a) so ae ee ee ee a 79,645 105,286 
PNG Yet ce ts = Pee eel Bg ee Lat 175,002 142,497 
i eiiy apes tert weet AE ede 233,425 245,483 
OUT Ceasar ts Pe eee 170,582 206,945 
ANU aie keen tte ter ote 1 uel SY 239,010 200,190 
PUTO UIS Uae ee ene ene eee 185,965 171,218 
DEDLeMW Cia. Seas ate a. 175,934 159,617 
CLOW ERE no ites bate yr 143,948 167,210 
INOWETID ET ies et te, cet ei le 84,712 98,366 
December 20 = oe ae 65,814 45,493 
1,656,820 1,780,077 
IMPORTATIONS OF ANIMALS FROM AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE. 
During the year 1916 three notable special efforts were made 
for the purpose of increasing the collections. In British Guiana, 
at the Society’s Tropical Research Station, Mr. William Beebe 
