REPORT OF THE 

 DIRECTOR OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



7SJ OTWITHSTANDING the handicap of an awful scourge of 

 '^^ infantile paralysis, strikes on transportation lines, high 

 prices and scarcity of animals, the Zoological Park has scored 

 a fairly successful year. The drop in attendance, of 123,257, was 

 this year wholly due to infantile paralysis and strikes on street 

 railways, and the only cause for surprise is the fact that the 

 decrease in attendance was not three or four times greater than 

 it really was. 



During the entire summer the Park was so destitute of chil- 

 dren that it reminded one of a deserted village. The attendance 

 for the year was as follows : 



1916 1915 



January 67,129 80,6()6 



February 38,791 123,466 



March 79,645 105,286 



April 175,002 142,497 



May 233,425 245,483 



June 170,582 206,945 



July 235,873 233,790 



August 185,965 171,218 



September 175,934 159,617 



October 143,948 167,210 



November 84,712 98,366 



December 65,814 45,493 



1,656,820 1,780,077 



IMPORTATIONS OF ANIMALS FROM AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE. 



During the year 1916 three notable special efforts were made 

 for the purpose of increasing the collections. In British Guiana, 

 at the Society's Tropical Research Station, Mr. William Beebe 



