﻿APPENDIX 
  6. 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK. 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  

   operations 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1922 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  allowed 
  by 
  Congress 
  in 
  the 
  sundry 
  civil 
  act 
  

   approved 
  March 
  4, 
  1921, 
  for 
  the 
  regular 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  park 
  

   was 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  $125,000, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  

   additional 
  allotment 
  of 
  $200 
  for 
  printing 
  and 
  binding. 
  The 
  sum 
  of 
  

   $2,500. 
  together 
  with 
  an 
  unobligated 
  balance 
  of 
  $2,403.66 
  left 
  from 
  

   the 
  appropriation 
  for 
  alteration 
  of 
  boundaries, 
  1921, 
  was 
  also 
  made 
  

   available, 
  as 
  a 
  continuing 
  appropriation, 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  land 
  

   to 
  correct 
  the 
  eastern 
  boundary 
  line 
  near 
  the 
  Adams 
  Mill 
  Road 
  

   entrance. 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  successful 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   park. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  minor 
  permanent 
  improvements 
  have 
  been 
  

   completed, 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  some 
  larger 
  undertakings, 
  

   and 
  the 
  grounds 
  have 
  been 
  maintained 
  in 
  a 
  condition 
  gratifying 
  

   to 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  natural 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  reserva- 
  

   tion. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  collection 
  is 
  larger, 
  and 
  of 
  more 
  

   importance, 
  than 
  ever 
  before; 
  more 
  different 
  species 
  are 
  on 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  the 
  actual 
  number 
  of 
  animals 
  is 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  

   year; 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  usual 
  number 
  of 
  rare 
  and 
  valuable 
  

   specimens; 
  the 
  births 
  have 
  been 
  numerous; 
  and 
  the 
  death 
  rate 
  has 
  

   been 
  kept 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  mark. 
  For 
  the 
  third 
  successive 
  year 
  the 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  has 
  exceeded 
  2,000,000. 
  

  

  ACCESSIONS. 
  

  

  (rifts. 
  — 
  No 
  less 
  than 
  217 
  animals, 
  an 
  unusual 
  number, 
  were 
  added 
  

   to 
  the 
  collection 
  as 
  gifts, 
  or 
  were 
  placed 
  by 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  park 
  on 
  

   indefinite 
  deposit. 
  Special 
  mention 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  should 
  be 
  

   made 
  of 
  two 
  important 
  collections 
  from 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  of 
  living 
  animals 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  William 
  M. 
  Mann 
  

   on 
  the 
  Mulford 
  Biological 
  Exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  Basin 
  reached 
  

   the 
  park 
  on 
  April 
  15, 
  1922. 
  Included 
  were 
  15 
  mammals, 
  50 
  birds, 
  

   and 
  17 
  reptiles 
  that 
  arrived 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  

   others 
  lost 
  from 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  travel. 
  These 
  were 
  all 
  generously 
  

   presented 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  by 
  the 
  H. 
  K. 
  Mulford 
  Co., 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  