6 
VISITORS. 
The influx of strangers coming to the Centennial Ex- 
hibition, as was expected, has largely added to the number 
of visitors to the garden. But although the number was 
great, the crowd was not of so long a duration as was anti- 
cipated ; two months including half the number of visitors 
for the year. From ist March, 1876, to 1st March, 1877, 
657,295 persons visited the garden ; a larger number, it is 
believed, than ever entered a similar institution during the 
same space of time, and an increase over the preceding 
twelve months of 237,519 persons. The total receipts at 
the gates were 5 1,060.63 — an amount from such a source 
the largest ever known. The largest receipts of the Lon- 
don Zoological Society, which was in the year 1875, were 
$143,690; the increase of which, according to the report of 
that year, was due to two sources — interest on invest- 
ments, and donations and bequests. Since the closing of 
the exhibition, the garden has felt the financial depression 
under which the country is laboring, and its receipts are 
sensibly affected. In the next year we must look for a very 
material reduction in our revenue from this source. 
The following tables show the number of admissions and 
gate receipts in detail for the past year: — 
Adults (paying 25 cents at the gates), . 579,249 
Children (paying 10 cents at the gates), . 57,114 
Members (including life and annual mem- 
bers, loan-holders' annual and compli- 
mentary annual tickets,) . . . 5^299 
Loan-holders' tickets (single), . . . 11,489 
Free admissions, charitable institutions, 
donors' tickets, etc., .... 1,564 
Package tickets received, .... 2,490 
Tickets sold by local agents (1875-6) re- 
ceived, ....... 90 
Total visitors, .... 657,295 
