86 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1946 
Preliminary planning has been taken up with the Public Works Ad- 
ministration for construction of these buildings when economic 
conditions justify. 
A great deal of general maintenance and improvement work must be 
done to restore the Park and structures to a presentable condition. 
With a moderate increase in personnel the improvements can be grad- 
ually effected as materials become available. 
VISITORS 
With the removal of the ban on pleasure driving and in line with the 
general increase in traveling, there has been a marked increase in 
number of visitors, particularly those from more distant States, as well 
as in traveling groups and school groups. 
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VISITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1946 
Surya oae ye ae ee 169;'600) Rebruary22 2 eee 129, 950 
Agrust 1h 2 Get 52 201000. March 20: 4. ish eeenare oe 215, 900 
Septeniber=Y Severs. Saat ee 247 0004 April 3-52) ee eee 381, 137 
Octobers 225 = Ses ee 26450002 May= so aie ee 169, 700 
aowembers = 22 sas ye) Fo TSE LOW) pune. oF a Soe ee ee 260, 900 
Decembers=e as ae es 42, 850 —_—_— 
January (1946)_------_-__- 68, 500 Potalls rv ORE 2, 372, 337 
The attendance for the fiscal year 1945 was given in the last annual 
report as 2,355,514, whereas it should have been 2,107,084. Therefore, 
the actual increase in attendance in 1946 is 265,253. 
NUMBER OF GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS 
Number | Number Number | Number 
of groups} in groups of groups | in groups 
Aap Sree see rrme mete ore ae 1 LA Ne wversey <2 - = eee = ee 21 1, 376 
Connecticut ss ee aes 3 TAOS SINicwpay Onkee- a ees aS 8 
Delawareeeee Shei ute ee 5 2107 North Caroling --2- os 15 700 
District of Columbia_______-- 60 2719)’ Olnign: tiie eS el eS ee 21 551 
Georgia ea ee ee 12 S19; PECs yivaniae= = eee 104 4, 024 
LND VC aVe SK eR ONE ata aes Ts 1 3451) South Carolinas oo ssbss ese 19 599 
Kentuckians SLRs eed Pe 4 173 || MeO MeSSeGe et oo at ene eee 6 236 
Main essai aie Pane sed eT 4 24AGU Viireiniat= cel ks Pak ey 115 5, 795 
IVa TVIAT Gee ae SU a eae 172 10,829 || West Virginia__.........----- 9 613 
Massachusetts ss aera oe 8 488 | 
WMiiehigans sie We ais eee 3 84 otales 22 ee eee 592 30, 062 
New Hampshire_._______..--- 1 52 
About 2 p. m. each day the cars then parked in the Zoo are counted 
by the Zoo police and listed according to the State, Territory, or coun- 
try from which they came. This is, of course, not a census of cars 
coming to the Zoo but is valuable in showing the percentage of attend- 
