SECRETARY’S REPORT 179 
Buildings.—A building to house antelopes and other hoofed animals 
that require a heated building. The present structure, built in 1898 for 
$3,500, is inadequate, dimly lighted, and poorly ventilated. ‘The build- 
ing houses a miscellaneous collection of cats, kangaroos, gaur, anoas, 
and others. The Zoo has made it a policy not to purchase or accept 
antelopes because of the lack of housing for them. 
A new administration building to replace the 153-year-old historic 
landmark, which is still in use as an office building but is not well 
adapted for the purpose. Termites destroyed the photographic file 
last year, and most of the Zoo library has now been moved to the 
second floor of the building to postpone the day when the invaders will 
attack this valuable collection of scientific books. A thorough exami- 
nation of the office was made by the District of Columbia Department 
of Buildings and Grounds, which recommended that unless extensive 
repairs are undertaken immediately, the building be condemned as 
unsafe. 
A hospital, which will also serve as a fireproof receiving station for 
animals shipped in, for quarantining them when necessary, and with 
facilities for caring for those in ill health. This building should also 
contain an office and a laboratory for the veterinarian. There is no 
structure within the National Zoological Park suitable for conversion 
into an animal hospital. The building now in use is an ancient stone 
house, formerly used as a hay barn and storage shed, which was 
hastily cleaned out and sketchily furnished at the time the veterinarian 
was appointed in 1955. 
E'nclosures.—Enclosures and pools for beavers, otters, seals, and 
nutrias, which cannot be adequately cared for or exhibited under exist- 
ing conditions. 
New paddocks for the exhibition of such animals as deer, sheep, 
goats, and other hoofed animals, to provide for the exhibition of a 
greater assortment of these attractive and valuable animals. 
Installations.—Extensive remodeling of some of the buildings is 
needed to bring them up to date with the latest techniques of zoological 
exhibits and make them more pleasing esthetically for the visitors and 
ecologically for the animals. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Tueropore H. Resp, Director. 
Dr. Lronarp CARMICHAEL, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
