i6 
expenditures for which they had not the certainty of 
immediate payment. 
On the I St of June next, the Garden will most 
probably be opened. Although it is not in the 
condition desired, it is deemed advisable not to 
allow the summer months to pass without per- 
mitting the public to enjoy the grounds, and the 
revenue derived from admissions will support the 
collection, the expense of which is daily increasing. 
The receipts and expenditures of the capital have 
been as follows, to the end of the fiscal year ; 
March i, 1874. 
Subscriptions paid in on stock, . .$32,550 00 
Donations, ...... 6,600 00 
Interest, .... $86 36 
Disct. returned, . . . 5 34 
91 70 
$39,241 70 
Expended during past year : 
Fencing about present garden, . 
$2,924 
63 
Vulcanizing walks, on account of, . 
4.926 
42 
Labor and material in laying out 
garden, drainage, water pipes. 
dams, bridges, &c.. 
12,229 
68 
Monkey house, on account of, . 
3.178 
00 
Cages, 
1. 157 
34 
Gate house, ..... 
1. 915 
00 
Aquaria, 
270 
00 
Engineers, 
iv557 
65 
Temporary barn, .... 
1,210 
00 
Restoring Penn Mansion, 
1,062 
77 
Deer parks and houses, . 
1,162 
66 
Purchase of animals. 
1,267 
15 
Mounting and stuffing dead animals. 
57 
00 
By balance, ..... 
6,323 
40 
$39,241 70 
