REPORT OF THE 

 DIRECTOR OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



THE ninth year of the Zoological Park will be specially remem- 

 bered by the erection of the Administration Building, the first 

 accession of four rare and important species of mammals from 

 Africa, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration and the passage of the 

 one-and-a-half-million mark in attendance. All along the line, 

 the collections have been greatly strengthened. In every re- 

 spect, the various activities of the Park, and their reception by 

 the public, reached the highest points of development they have 

 yet attained. It is to be remarked, however, that this does not 

 apply to new building operations, or other construction ; for in 

 those lines, but little remains to be done. 



ATTENDANCE 



During the year the monthly attendance of visitors, as re- 

 corded by our turnstiles, was as follows : 



1908 1909 Increase. 



January 42,356 36,812 



February 37,804 110,095 72,291 



March 77,841 73,833 



April 118,384 137,912 19,528 



May 182,192 213,028 30,836 



June 187,656 142,846 



July 159,797 218,626 58,829 



August 190,813 225,775 34,962 



September 153,007 184,257 31,250 



October 120,952 134,459 13,507 



November 91,642 90,915 



December 51,297 46,395 



Total for the year 1,413,741 1,614,953 201,212 



A diagram showing the increase in visitors during the past 

 ten years appears on page 106. 



