REPORT 
OF THE 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
Philadelphia^ April 25th, 1878. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia submit to the members and loan-certificate holders, 
this, their sixth annual report, of the business and operations 
of the Society, from 1st of March, 1877, to 1st of March, 
1878. 
MEMBERS. 
The number of members of the Society, on the 1st of 
March, 1878, was : — 
Annual members, ..... 747 
Life members, . . . . . . 188 
Corresponding members, .... 9 
Honorary members, . . . . .16 
Total members (exclusive of loan-holders), 960 
Decrease from preceding year of 27 Annual members, 
caused by three deaths and twenty-four resignations. 
The number of loan-holders is 502. ' 
VISITORS. 
As was pre-figured in our last Report, a very material re- 
duction has taken place in the number of visitors to our 
Garden. A reduction, large not only in comparison with that 
of the preceding year, the Centennial, but large in compari- 
son with former years of the Society's existence. This is 
fairly attributable to the reaction from the excitement and 
expense of the preceding year, and also to the increased strin- 
gency of business. The total receipts at the gates during the 
year were $39,555.50, and the number of visitors, 203.773. 
The following tables show the number of admissions and 
gate recei]3ts in detail for the past year : — 
