﻿APPENDIX 
  6 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  TPIE 
  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK 
  

  

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

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  

   30, 
  1927 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  appropriation 
  made 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  regular 
  maintenance 
  

   of 
  the 
  park 
  Avas 
  $173,199 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  the 
  usual 
  allotment 
  of 
  $300 
  

   for 
  printing 
  and 
  binding. 
  Of 
  this 
  $124,330 
  was 
  expended 
  for 
  salaries 
  

   and 
  labor 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  park, 
  and 
  $28,200 
  

   for 
  the 
  j)urchase 
  of 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  animals. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  animals 
  on 
  exhibition 
  has 
  been 
  considerably 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  this 
  year 
  by 
  gifts, 
  purchases, 
  and 
  through 
  original 
  collections 
  

   made 
  on 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  ACCESSIONS 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  by 
  gift 
  or 
  deposit 
  180 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   99 
  different 
  donors. 
  

  

  Notable 
  among 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  pigmy 
  hippopotamus 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr, 
  

   Harvey 
  S. 
  Firestone, 
  of 
  Akron, 
  Ohio, 
  to 
  President 
  Coolidge, 
  and 
  a 
  

   fine 
  pair 
  of 
  South 
  African 
  lion 
  cubs, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  President 
  by 
  

   the 
  mayor 
  and 
  citizens 
  of 
  Johannesburg, 
  South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  deposited 
  

   in 
  the 
  national 
  collection. 
  The 
  pigmy 
  hippopotamus 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  

   the 
  species 
  ever 
  to 
  be 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  and 
  the 
  lions 
  fill 
  the 
  long- 
  

   felt 
  Avant 
  for 
  new 
  blood 
  in 
  the 
  lion 
  collection. 
  Mr. 
  Victor 
  Evans 
  de- 
  

   posited 
  a 
  splendid 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  anteater 
  which 
  is 
  doing 
  

   remarkably 
  well. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J, 
  Delacour, 
  of 
  Cleres, 
  France, 
  the 
  noted 
  French 
  aviculturist 
  

   who 
  visited 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  on 
  a 
  trip 
  made 
  through 
  

   the 
  States, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  a 
  male 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  rare 
  

   Edward's 
  pheasant. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  ever 
  made 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  was 
  

   collected 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  Washington 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  

   expedition 
  to 
  Tanganyika 
  Territory, 
  This 
  expedition 
  was 
  made 
  

   possible 
  through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Chrysler, 
  the 
  auto- 
  

   mobile 
  manufacturer, 
  who 
  presented 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  

   with 
  funds 
  for 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  party 
  consisted 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Mann; 
  

   Mr, 
  Arthur 
  Loveridge, 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology, 
  at 
  

   Cambridge; 
  Mr. 
  Stephen 
  Haweis 
  and 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  G. 
  Carnochan, 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  City. 
  The 
  latter 
  two 
  were 
  volunteer 
  workers, 
  and 
  in 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  Mr, 
  Carnochan 
  paid 
  his 
  own 
  expenses 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  Africa. 
  

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