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ATTENDANCE. 
The attendance at the Park and the Aquarium for 1915, as 
compared with 1914, has been as follows: 
Park Aquarium 
9 1 7 ee eee os ane a, 2,020,438 2,029 00 
STIRS ie OP eta ew 1,780,077 1,538,831 
There appears to be no specific reason for the decrease in 
the attendance at both institutions as noted above, other than 
the war in Europe. 
The total annual cost to the City for the maintenance of 
these two institutions for the year 1915 is .074 cents per visitor. 
COLLECTIONS AT THE PARK. 
A census of the animals in the Zoological Park, taken Janu- 
ary 1, 1916, is as follows: 
January 1; 1915 January 1, 1916 
Species Specimens Species Specimens 
Mammals =... =204 586 Zale 636 
JB IC) eer mere eRe 811 ERTS 813 Pa (1S 
Reptiles =. 2 ar GA 1,014 LS 791 
Ie} 4,353 St 4,200 
Gunda.—In June, upon the recommendation of Dr. Horna- 
day, and after full consideration by your committee, the death 
of the large male Indian elephant Gunda was authorized. In- 
stead of improving, as was hoped, the elephant’s state of erotic 
frenzy had become worse. For the first time in his life, Gunda re- 
fused to take food, and his desire to kill a keeper became a mania. 
On Tuesday morning, June 22, 1915, Mr. Carl E. Akeley of 
the American Museum of Natural History shot Gunda through 
the head, producing instantaneous paralysis of the brain. 
The skeleton and the skin have been presented to the 
Museum, and the soft anatomy to the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons for use in research work. Certain available portions 
of the carcass were used as food for the animals. 
Gunda arrived at the Zoological Park in May, 1904, as the 
gift of Col. Oliver H. Payne. For a short time he was used as 
a riding animal, under careful supervision, but his temper in- 
