...section of the creek, such as the commission shall deem suitable and appropriate for a zoological park "for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the peeple." On March 9, 1889, the commission held its first meeting, effected an organization, and immediately...

...an " appropriation" was made for the establishment of a Zoological Park in the district of Columbia "for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." The control of the establishment was intrusted to a Commission composed of the Secretary of the Interior,...

...an " appropriation " was made for the establishment of a Zoological Park in the district of Columbia "for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." The control of the establishment was intrusted to a Commission composed of the Secretary of the Interior,...

...appurtenances, and collections of the park, as they may deem necessary and wise to secure the use of the same for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people. [That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the Director of the Geological Survey to...

...name of the United States, to make exchanges of specimens, and to administer .the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.' 8кс- 3- That the heads of executive departments of the Government are hereby authorized and directed...

...places the park under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, and orders that it be administered for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people. As soon as surveys could be completed, about one hundred and seventy acres of ground most picturesquely...

...it even certain that it has the right to accept donations. The park is declared by Congress to be " for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." In the construction of ponds and lakes, and the erection of inclosures and buildings for the purposes...

...name of the United States, to make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people. 10 PARK SYSTEM OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. and extending northward from the Zoological Park to the...

...it here has proved a rit place for tilling the objects of its existence, declared by Congress to be "'The advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people," for here not only are the national animals, with others, preserved (in connection, it is to be hoped,...

...aquarium on a proper scale. The park is fulfilling sucessfully the objects for which Congress created it, "The advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." It never has been so successful in these as it is to-day. THE ASTRO-PHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. In appropriating...