SECRETARY’S REPORT 179 
Billy and Matilda 
December 13, 19438, male, sent to Fort Worth (Tex.) Zoo. 
March 5, 1947, female (living in NZP). 
July 3, 1948, female (living in NZP). 
December 20, 1949, female, sent to Sydney, Australia, October 18, 1954. 
April 24, 1952, male, died October 8, 1952. 
October 2, 1953, female, died September 16, 1954. 
January 30, 1955, female, sent to John Seago, England, September 7, 1956. 
March 29, 1956, female, sent to L. Ruhe, New York, May 7, 1957. 
Matilda and two of her daughters are still living in the National 
Zoological Park. Billy died on October 11, 1955, and Hannah on 
March 6, 1958. 
FINANCES 
Funds for the operation of the National Zoological Park are appro- 
priated annually under the District of Columbia Appropriation Act. 
The operation and maintenance appropriation for the fiscal year 1959 
totaled $953,800, which includes a supplemental appropriation of $55,- 
800. This was an increase of $120,800 over fiscal year 1958. The 
increase consisted of $55,800 supplemental for pay increases in accord- 
ance with Public Law 85-462 and Wage Board increases approved by 
the District of Columbia Commissioners in June 1958; $52,833 to 
establish 14 new positions; $4,700 for the purchase of new equipment; 
$7,467 increase in miscellaneous supplies. Of the $953,800 appro- 
priated, $734,666 was for salaries and $219,134 for the maintenance 
and operation of the Zoo. Included in the latter figure were major 
operational expenditures amounting to $180,434, consisting of $65,- 
000 for animal food; $17,168 for fuel for heating; $29,545 for ma- 
terials, building, construction, and repairs; $44,979 for civil service 
retirement; $3,575 for the purchase of animals; $9,101 for electricity ; 
$3,633 for telephone, postal, and telegraph services; $5,000 for veter- 
inarian equipment and supplies; and $2,433 for Federal employees 
group life insurance. The balance of $28,700 in operational funds 
was expended for other items, including freight, sundry supplies, uni- 
forms, gasoline, road repairs, equipment replacement, and new 
equipment. 
In addition to the regular appropriation, $50,000 was allotted for 
capital outlay. This money was used to renovate the deer paddocks at 
the Connecticut Avenue entrance and to restore the area for aquatic 
mammals above the sea-lion pool. 
PERSONNEL 
There are 158 authorized positions at the Zoo divided as follows: 
Administrative office, 16; animal department, 58; mechanical depart- 
ment, 50; police department, 27; and grounds department, 7. 
