REPORT 
OF THE 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
Philadelphia, April 27th, 1882. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia submit to the members and loan-certificate holders 
this, their Tenth Annual Report of the business and opera- 
tions of the Society from 1st of March, 1881, to 1st of March, 
1882. 
Members. 
The number of members on the 1st of March, 1882, was — 
Annual members, 604 
Life members, 188 
Corresponding members, 8 
Honorary members, 15 
Total members (exclusive of loan-holders), 815 
Decrease, by death or resignation, from preceding year, 
of thirty -four annual and two life members ; and two annual 
members have been transferred to life membership. 
The total number of loan-holders is 476. 
Visitors. 
34,949 m5re people visited the garden this year than in 
the preceding year, of whom 23,649 came in the three sum- 
mer months. 
The following is a report, in detail, of the gate receipts 
for the year : — 
Adults (paying twenty-five cents at gates), 155,260 
Children { " ten " " ), 46,281 
Members (including Life and Annual Members, loan-holders' 
annual, and complimentary annual tickets), 2,843 
Loan-holders' single tickets, 25,846 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' tickets, &c.), . 2,347 
Package tickets, 368 
Excursion tickets, 10,482 
(5) 
243,427 
