﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  

  

  101 
  

  

  STATEMENT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COLLECTION. 
  

   Accessions 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Presented 
  

  

  Born 
  and 
  hatched 
  in 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  

  

  Received 
  in 
  exchange 
  

  

  Purchased 
  

  

  Transferred 
  from 
  other 
  Government 
  departments. 
  

  

  Captured 
  

  

  Deposited 
  

  

  Mam- 
  

   mals. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  142 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  217 
  

   150 
  

   193 
  

   44 
  

   42 
  

   1 
  

  

  656 
  

  

  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  Animals 
  on 
  hand 
  July 
  1, 
  1921 
  1, 
  545 
  

  

  Accessions 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  656 
  

  

  Total 
  animals 
  handled 
  2,201 
  

  

  Deduct 
  loss 
  (by 
  exchange, 
  death, 
  and 
  return 
  of 
  animals 
  on 
  deposit) 
  520 
  

  

  Animals 
  on 
  hand 
  June 
  30, 
  1922 
  1,681 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  is 
  now 
  larger 
  than 
  ever 
  before. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   species 
  on 
  exhibition 
  on 
  June 
  30 
  is 
  4 
  more, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   animals 
  is 
  130 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  VISITORS. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  park, 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  as 
  

   determined 
  by 
  count 
  and 
  estimate, 
  was 
  2,164,254. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  third 
  

   year 
  that 
  the 
  attendance 
  has 
  exceeded 
  2,000,000. 
  The 
  greatest 
  at- 
  

   tendance 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  month 
  was 
  394,703 
  in 
  April, 
  1922, 
  an 
  average 
  

   per 
  day 
  of 
  13,156. 
  

  

  The 
  attendance 
  by 
  months 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1921. 
  

  

  July 
  167, 
  650 
  

  

  August 
  172, 
  500 
  

  

  September 
  197, 
  700 
  

  

  October 
  258, 
  000 
  

  

  November 
  123, 
  325 
  

  

  December 
  79, 
  570 
  

  

  1922. 
  

  

  January 
  51, 
  676 
  

  

  February 
  77, 
  541 
  

  

  March 
  181, 
  039 
  

  

  April 
  394, 
  703 
  

  

  May 
  278, 
  550 
  

  

  June 
  180, 
  000 
  

  

  Schools, 
  classes, 
  and 
  other 
  organizations 
  visiting 
  the 
  park 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  numbered 
  205, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  13,585 
  individuals, 
  

  

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