1570 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Mr. SHerman. In view of what has been said by the Senator from 
Nevada [Mr. Stewart], I do not wish to delay the passage of this bill, 
which I know is very important and urgent on account of the defi- 
ciency in regard to the Census Bureau, etc. I withdraw the amend- 
ment for the present. The question may be raised when the regular 
appropriation bill comes up, but I hope the Committee on the District 
of Columbia, which ought to take charge of this matter now—the park 
hitherto has come from some of the other committees—will be charged 
with the care and just limitations of the expenses imposed upon the 
people of this District. I hope that that committee will take it into 
early consideration whether the whole of this ought not to be stricken 
out of the law before the regular bill comes before us toward the 
close of the session. It seems to me that this is-a charge that will be 
growing more and more every year, as the Zoological Park grows in 
importance, and the maintenance of this garden may become one of 
the large charges on the Government. I hope the committee will take 
that matter into consideration and determine once for all whether this 
is a just charge against the people of this District. I withdraw the 
amendment. 
The Vicr-Presipent. The amendment is withdrawn. 
March 8, 1892. 
Deficiency act (special). 
For care and subsistence of animals for the National Zoological Park, 
fiscal year 1892, $1,000, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the 
revenues of the District of Columbia, and the other half from the 
Treasury of the United States. 
(Stat., XX VII, 6.) , 
April 4, 1892—Senate. ° 
The Vicr-PREsIDENT (Mr. L. P. Morron) presented a letter from 
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Mis. Doe. 114): 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
Washington, April 2, 1892. 
Str: In accordance with the instruction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion, I have the honor to transmit a resolution passed by them on the 29th of March, 
1892, together with the following preliminary statement of the considerations on 
which it is based: 
The National Zoological Park was placed under the Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution by the act of April 30, 1890, to be administered by them, first, ‘‘ for the 
advancement of science’’ and, second, ‘‘for the instruction and recreation of the 
people.” | 
The necessity of protecting the unexpectedly large crowd of people that have been 
attracted to the park and of providing for their access to the animals, as well as for 
the protection of the latter, has made it necessary to assign to this secondary object 
a disproportionate share of the appropriations, and it seems unavoidable that this 
subordinate feature should thus claim the larger portion of the expenses, as long as 
the collections are open to the public, as in ordinary zoological gardens. 
The appropriations {for the fiscal year 1891-92 were made under three heads: 
Improvements and care of grounds, $15,000; buildings, $18,000; and maintenance, 
