Appendix IV. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL 



PARK. 



Sir: I have the honor to herewith submit the following report relating to the con- 

 dition and operations of the National Zoological Park for the year ending June 30, 

 1900. 



At the close of that period the approximate value of the property laelonging to the 

 park was as follows: 



Buildings for animals $57, 000 



Buildings for acUiiinistrative purposes 12, 000 



Office furniture, fixtures, and books 2, 600 



Machinery, tools, and implements 2, 000 



Fences and outdoor inclosures 25, 000 



Roadways, paths, rustic seats, etc 46, 000 



Nurseries 1, 000 



Horses 800 



Animals in zoological collecti(jn 32, 000 



A detailed list of the animals in the collection is appended hereto. They may 

 be classified as follows: 



839 



The accessions of animals during the year Jiave been as follows: 

 Presented 



121 



Received from Yellowstone National Park 17 



Purchased and collected 103 



Lent 42 



Received in exchange 37 



Born in National Zoological Park 124 



Total 444 



The cost for purchase, collection, and transportation of these accessions has been 

 $4,400. Besides this there has been spent for books, photographs, apparatus, and 

 office furniture the sum of $1,100. 

 The following improvements have been made in the buildings during the year: 

 Principal auinud lioHsc. — The floor, hastily constructed of cheap material in 1891, 

 lias been relaid throughout, a new boiler and an enlarged heating plant suitable for 

 maintaining the temperature necessary for tender tropical animals has been installed, 



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