SECRETARY’S REPORT 95 
NUMBER OF GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS 
Number | Number Number | Number 
of groups | in groups of groups | in groups 
Ala bamasanssoo: 2-02 oo eee 3 1s | PING wad Crseysaee aos on eee 23 1, 807 
Connecticut 4 DAMALWING Way OL Kae tees 2 aon mee 61 3, 682 
DSLR Ware = eens eee 8 2857 || North) Caroling. 22222 91 3, 230 
District of Columbia__-__-__-_- 112 5, 539 be ity ep bea a a Se 44 1, 737 
OEIC ae eee ee 2 Oklahomatiee ees 1 27 
Georgian see ee 30 100s | pRennsylvaniae= sss sy ueenae 192 9, 290 
Mlingis esa ae ses ee 1 Bh iil dager ere ul 63 
indisndss=2 ss eae eee 7 2325 South Carolingsssssnesaenn ne 10 339 
GIG a Gee ee eee 4 326i||/eRennessee=s co. nae Sas eae 22 867 
IMiginetess eens eet eS 7 64Gp(Miexash 22 5 Sater Se Sr eae 1 16 
Maryland Sse Se 505 805208al|avareiniass ee 290 16, 145 
Massachusetts seen ae 9 STON WWestavireiniguss = sess eenee 27 1, 241 
IMO os ee ee 5 43401) Wisconsinas22228s See 1 81 
IVPISSOUDI SE ese ae eee 2 66 | ——_——_ 
New Hampshire__....__..---- 1 120 Rotaleet se ee 1, 454 79, 249 
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 
country from which they came. This is, of course, not a census of the 
cars coming to the Zoo but is valuable in showing the percentage of 
attendance by States of people in private automobiles. The tabula- 
tion for the fiscal year 1948 is as follows: 
Percent Percent 
Washington, Ds Cia a 4 NWO Ops soe ane Sie era re ee 1.6 
Marylavid) 2-252. a os oe PAR PF AACS Vater iey oo ee 1. 04 
Vi ST yee See ee ee 20S ING W, Jerse yan. ae en Bene ee 1.01 
Pennsylvania 2eeel 2 See ee 4250) LIN o1S2 1222 Bo OE ee 1. 01 
ING WOK 22 ts anor Bee pantie a 215 | ViaSSachuserts)= es == eee ee 9 
INorthia Carolina] == 2 ara SO) aE Orig ab eas ees 8 
The cars that made up the remaining 11.24 percent came from every 
one of the remaining States, as well as from Alaska, Alberta, British 
Columbia, Canal Zone, Cuba, Great Britain, Hawaii, Manitoba, Mex- 
ico, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Panama, Philippine Is- 
lands, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Saskatchewan. 
It is well known that District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia 
cars bring to the Zoo many people from other parts of the United 
States and of the world, but no figures are available on which to base 
percentages. 
THE EXHIBITS 
Animals for the collection are acquired by gift, deposit, purchase, 
exchange, births and hatchings, and are removed by return of speci- 
mens on deposit, exchange, or death. Although depositors are at lib- 
erty to remove the specimens that they place in the Zoo, many leave the 
specimens for the rest of their lives. 
The animal collection has been definitely improved during the year. 
The total number of specimens on hand June 80, 1948, was 2,797, or 
210 less than a year ago, but the collection as a whole is more valuable 
because of the addition of a number of rare animals. 
