SECRETARY’S REPORT 189 
tropical plants for indoor cages and the buildings are supplied and 
cared for. 
Activities in the Police Department continue to show a marked 
increase, in keeping with the larger visitor attendance. The police 
force was expanded by the addition of four men, and two horses 
were added, thereby permitting additional patrols in and around 
heavily wooded areas of the park. A safety committee was set up, 
with regularly scheduled meetings of all park personnel, designed to 
insure all possible safety precautions for the protection of visitors and 
employees. Additional emphasis with regard to traffic-law enforce- 
ment resulted in an increase in the number of arrests for traffic vio- 
lations. The total number of visitors stopping in the police station 
for information of various sorts was 18,740, an increase of 6,914 over 
the preceding year. First-aid cases also increased ; a total of 809 per- 
sons were treated, principally for minor injuries. 
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 
A new office to replace the 154-year-old “mansion” is imperative. 
The present administration building, while a historic landmark, is 
not suited to the purpose for which it is being used, nor is it safe, 
being honeycombed with termites and rotted from dampness. A mod- 
ern building, with properly arranged offices, library stacks and 
shelves, a conference room, and a small laboratory, is badly needed. 
All the facilities at the National Zoological Park are based on an- 
tiquated installations and should be modernized, starting with such 
basic necessities as water, electricity, sewage, and heating. It is hoped 
that a master plan can be drawn for the Zoo so that all future con- 
struction and work may be coordinated. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Tueroporn H. Resp, Director. 
Dr. Leonarp CARMICHAEL, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
