REPORT 
OF THE 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
Philadelphia, April 28th, 1881. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia submit to the members and loan-certificate holders 
this, their Ninth Annual Report of the business and opera- 
tions of the Society from 1st of March, 1880, to 1st of March, 
1881. 
MEMBERS. 
The number of members on the 1st of March, 1881, was 
Annual members, 638 
Life members, 188 
Corresponding members, 8 
Honorary members 15 
Total members (exclusive of loan-holders) . 849 
Decrease, by death or resignation, from preceding year, of 
fourteen annual members. One life member, and one cor- 
responding member, Mr. Frank Buckland, of London, have 
died, and one annual member has been transferred to life 
membership. 
The total number of loan-holders is 482. 
VISITORS, 
A comparison of the attendance at the Garden, of the 
past with the preceding year, shows a slight falling off. An 
analysis of the monthly receipts, shows this to be the result 
of the long-continued and severe winter during the past 
season ; and also proves how much the attractions of the 
Garden are growing in favor among the rural part of the 
community ; the increase in August and September mainly 
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