Appendix IV. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL 



PARK. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the park for the liscal 

 year ending June 30, 1899. 



The amount and classes of property belonging to the park at the close of that 

 period are as follows: 



Buildings for animals $52, 000 



Buildings for administrative purposes 12, 000 



Office furniture, fixtures, and books 1, 500 



Machinery, tools, and implements 2, 000 



Fences and outdoor inclosures 23, 000 



Roadways, paths, and rustic seats, etc 40, 000 



Nurseries 1, 000 



Horses 800 



Animals in zoological collection 28, 000 



These animals were 675 in number, classified as follows: 



A list showing these in detail is appended hereto. 



During the year the following property has been acquired : 



Animals, costing for purchase, collection, and transportation $3, 100 



Books, photographs, and apparatus costing 600 



The accessions of animals are, in detail, as follows : 



Presented 96 



Received from United States officers abroad 18 



Purchased and collected 207 



Lent 19 



Received in exchange 21 



Born in the National Zoological Park 40 



Total 401 



The following improvements and repairs have been made : The Ijuilding tempo- 

 rarily used as an aquarium has been more fully fitted with skylights at an expense 

 of $400 ; to secure a proper supply of water for the aquarium it was necessary to con- 

 struct two wells and to lay water pipe from them to the building ; the expense of 

 this was $300 ; tin roofing was placed on portions of the animal house and of the 

 antelope house, at a cost of $450 ; the walls of the office building have been under- 

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