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About 2 o'clock almost every afternoon a census is made of the 

 cars parked on the Zoo grounds. During the year 53,877 were so 

 listed, representing every State in the Union, Hawaii, Philippine 

 Islands, Canal Zone, the Bahamas, Cuba, Alaska, Canada, and 

 Mexico. Since the total number is merely a record of those actually 

 parked at one time, it is not of value as indicating a total attendance 

 but is of importance as showing the percentage attendance by States, 

 Territories, and countries. The District of Columbia comprised only 

 a little over 32 percent; Maryland 14 percent; Virginia 5 percent, and 

 the remaining cars were from other States, Territories, and countries. 



Each year increased use is made of the Zoo's facilities by students, 

 artists and modelers, for motion-picture photography, recording of 

 sounds made by animals for phonograph records, and other studies. 

 Numerous clubs and societies visit the Zoo as part of their programs. 



IMPR0^'EMENTS 



The outstanding improvements of the year were made possible by 

 funds from the Public Works Administration and labor and ma- 

 terials from the Emergency Works Administration. 



On January 26, 1935, an allotment was made by the Public Works 

 Administration of $680,000 for the construction of a small mammal 

 house, a pachyderm house, an addition to the bird house, and 

 mechanical shops in the Zoo. Edwin H. Clarke, an architect who 

 has specialized in zoo construction, was engaged to take charge of 

 the designing and construction of these buildings. The work of 

 preparing plans and specifications for these structures was at once 

 started in the Office of the Supervising Architect with Mr. Clarke 

 consultant in charge. The completion of these projects will be one of 

 the most important single events in the history of the Zoo since its 

 foundation, for it will provide some of the structures most urgently 

 needed for many years. 



The accomplishments with the Emergency Works Administration 

 men and materials were gratifying. For the most part, these con- 

 sisted of finishing work that was started and left incomplete when 

 the C. W. A. activities ceased at the end of March 1934, and the 

 carrying on of similar work. The more important pieces of work 

 completed were: Finishing of the mountain-sheep mountain and 

 erection of fence around it; completion of the condor cage; comple- 

 tion of a frame building 40 by 22 feet for the wild-horse group; 

 pouring of a concrete foundation for another similar building and 

 the moving of a previously built structure onto this foundation ; fin- 

 ishing of the pouring of terrazzo floors in the lion house and the 

 grinding of terrazzo floors in the entire structure, including the 



