Zoological Gardens

The followiug figures show the annual cost for maintenance of some of the principal foreign zoologioal gardens: Berlin, $137,500; Antwerp, $136,800; Amsterdam, $105,000; London, $100,000; Cologne, $75,800; Eotterdam, $65,000; Hanover, $42,000; Paris, $20,000. Thus f ar the cost of maintaining the zoological parks in Washington and Philadelphia bas been $50,000 each per year.