7 
Total Receipts on the several days of the lueek, and their respec- 
tive averages, for 1881-82, 
Rank. 
Days. 
Total Receipts. 
Average. 
1 
118,861 40 
1362 72 
2 
Monday, 
6,799 27 
130 76 
3 
Saturday, 
4,904 57 
94 32 
4 
4,451 59 
85 61 
5 
Wednesday, 
3,826 18 
73 58 
6 
Tuesday, 
3,416 25 
64 46 
7 
3,133 05 
60 26 
145,392 31 
Improvements. 
A bathing pond for the elephants has been constructed 
on the ground fronting the building for the pachydermata, 
the dimensions of which are as folloAvs : length in greatest 
diameter, fifty feet ; width, thirty feet ; depth, seven feet. 
Cost, with approaches, $4,153.68. The bathing of the ele- 
phants during the warm weather is at once conducive to the 
health of the animals, and is a source of much amusement 
to the visitors. 
A new aviary eighty -four feet long and twenty-six feet 
wide has been erected on the western walk leading from 
the sea lion ponds to the southern gate, at a cost of 
$12,113.78. This improvement was much needed ; the old 
building, by reason of defective ventilation, not being rat- 
proof, and insufficient size, failing to meet the require- 
ments necessary for the good health and proper exhibition 
of the birds. The new building is very light, and for the 
first time in its history, the Society's handsome collection of 
birds is properly displayed. 
The old aviary building will be used as a reptile house, 
and will give the necessary accommodations for maintain- 
ing a good collection of these animals. 
