APPENDIX 6. 

 REPORT OX THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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

 operations of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1922 : 



The appropriation alloAved by Congress in the sundry civil act 

 approved March 4, 1921, for the regular maintenance of the park 

 was the same as for the preceding year, $125,000, with the usual 

 additional allotment of $200 for printing and binding. The sum of 

 $2,500, together with an unobligated balance of $2,403.66 left from 

 the appropriation for alteration of boundaries, 1921, was also made 

 available, as a continuing appropriation, for the purchase of land 

 to correct the eastern boundary line near the Adams Mill Road 

 entrance. 



The year has been one of the most successful in the history of the 

 park. A number of minor permanent improvements have been 

 completed, progress has been made on some larger undertakings, 

 and the grounds have been maintained in a condition gratifying 

 to all who are interested in the great natural beautj^ of the reserva- 

 tion. At the close of the year the collection is larger, and of more 

 importance, than ever before ; more different species are on exhibi- 

 tion, and the actual number of animals is greater than in any previous 

 year; there are more than the usual number of rare and valuable 

 specimens; the births have been numerous; and the death I'ate has 

 been kept at a low mark. For the third successive year the attend- 

 ance has exceeded 2,000,000. 



ACCESSIONS. 



Gifts. — No less than 217 animals, an unusual number, were added 

 to the collection as gifts, or were placed by friends of the park on 

 indefinite deposit. Sj)ecial mention in this connection should be 

 made of two important collections from South America. 



The collections of living animals made bj^ Dr. William M. Mann 

 on the Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin reached 

 the park on April 15, 1922. Included were 15 mammals, 50 birds, 

 and 17 reptiles that arrived in perfect condition, and a YQvy few 

 others lost from the effects of travel. These were all generously 

 presented to the park by the H. K. Mulford Co., of Philadelphia. 

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