REPORT OF THE SECEETARY. 89 



STATEMENT OF THE COLLECTION. 



ACCESSIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



Presented qq 



Purchased 105 



Born and hatched in the National Zoological Park 101 



Received in exchange 187 



Received from Yellowstone National Park 2 



Captured in National Zoological Park 1 



Deposited in National Zoological Park 12 



Total 474 



SUMMARY. 



Animals on hand July 1, 1915 1,397 



Accesssions during the year 474 



1,871 

 Deduct loss (by exchange, death, return of animals, etc.) 488 



On hand June 30, 191G 1,383 



VISITORS. 



The number of visitors to the park during the year, as determined 

 by count and estimate, was 1,157,110, a daily average of 3,162. This 

 was the largest j^ear's attendance in the history of the park. The 

 greatest number in any one month was 248,080, in April, 191G, an 

 average per day of 8,269. The attendance by months was as follows: 



1D15.— July, 71,900; August, 79,100; September, 100,200; October, 121,000; 

 November, 90,300; December, 34,050. 



19 10. —January, 55,200; February, 58,380; March, 95,800; April, 248,080; 

 May, 128,200; June, 74,300. 



One hundred and sixty-one schools, classes, etc., visited the park, 

 with a total of 8,679 individuals. 



IMPROVEMENTS. 



The hospital and laboratory building which was mentioned in last 

 year's report has been nearly completed, lacking only the interior 

 fittings and the necessarj^ outside yards. It is a pleasing structure, 

 built, after the designs of the municipal architect, of blue gneiss of 

 this neighborhood, warmly colored by infiltration of iron oxide. A 

 retaining wall was built and some grading done to provide sufficient 



