APPENDIX 6. 

 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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

 tions of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1921 : 



The appropriations allowed by Congress in the sundry civil act 

 included $125,000 for the regular maintenance of the park, $80,000 

 for the purchase of additional land, and $200 for miscellaneous print- 

 ing and binding. 



Prices on almost all necessary supplies remained high during the 

 early months of the year and, as a consequence, only very limited 

 funds were available for repairs or permanent improvements. In 

 the later months there was a decided drop in the prices of several items 

 of food for animals, and particularly in forage, so that a few long- 

 delayed repairs and improvements, some of them begun five years 

 ago but discontinued for lack of funds, could be undertaken. 



The number of animals on exhibition is greater than at any period 

 since 1912; the number of species represented is greater than ever 

 before ; and the scientific importance and actual monetary value of the 

 collections far exceed any previous year in the history of the park. 

 A new record for attendance was also reached, due in a measure to 

 the recent rapid development of near-by residential sections, but in a 

 greater measure due to increased interest by the public in the animal 

 collections and in the recreational features offered by such an estab- 

 lishment. 



ACCESSIONS. 



Gifts. — An unusual number of animals were added to the collec- 

 tion as gifts, or were placed by friends of the park on indefinite 

 deposit. The total number of specimens received in this manner was 

 178, and the donations included numerous rare and important species. 



Mr. Isaac Ellison, of Singapore, presented to the park a fine young 

 male orang-utan, about 3^ years old. No specimen of this ape had 

 been on exhibition in Washington for many years, and the addition to 

 the collection of an example so thrifty is gratifying. Mr. Ellison 

 brought the orang-utan, together with a Javan macaque, with him 

 from Singapore, while on a visit to America. 



The Canadian Government, through Mr. J. B. Harkin, Commis- 

 sioner of Dominion Parks, presented four mountain goats and two 

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