ij&HZl 51st Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. J 

 1st Session, f \ 



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Mis.Doc. 

 No. 72. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSION. 



January 18, 1890.— Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 



to be printed. 



LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OP THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITU- 

 TION TRANSMITTING A REPORT OP THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK 

 COMMISSION. 



v Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C, January 17, 1890. 

 Sir : I am instructed by the Commission for the establishment of a 

 zoological park in the District of Columbia to present a report. This 

 report, signed in duplicate, I have the honor to inclose to you. 

 Very respectfully, yours, 



S. P. Langley, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution, 

 And Secretary Zoological Park Commission. 



The Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A 

 ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Office of the Zoological Park Commission, 

 Smithsonian Building, Washington, January 16, 1890. 



To the Senate and Rouse of Representatives in Congress assembled : 



The Commission for the establishment of a zoological park has the 

 honor to report that by the terms of the act of Congress entitled "An 

 act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the govern- 

 ment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1890, and for other purposes" (approved March 2, 1889), section 4 of 

 which provides "for the establishment of a zoological park in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, n this Commission was created and charged with the 

 duty of selecting, within a specified area, a tract of land suitable for a 

 zoological park, and of purchasing the same for the Government ; and 

 for this purpose an appropriation of $200,000 was made. 



The Commission was authorized and directed to make an inspection 

 of the country along Rock Creek, between Massachusetts avenue and 

 the point where said creek is crossed by the military road leading 

 west from Brightwood, and to select from that district of country a 

 tract of land of not less than 100 acres, and which shall include a sec- 

 tion of the creek, such as the Commission shall deem suitable and ap- 

 propriate for a zoological park " for the advancement of science and 

 the instruction and recreation of the people." 



