9 
The greatest number of visitors on any one day was on 
Saturday, July 4th, 1874, . . . 8,328 
Monthly record of visitors, and receipts therefrom : 
July. 
Visitors, 
54,399, Receipts, $11,601 45 
August. 
u 
61,128, 
34,420, 
u 
13,147 40 
September. 
a 
u 
7,360 90 
October. 
u 
31,374, 
(( 
6,447 60 
November. 
a 
16,383, 
a 
3,305 85 
December. 
u 
8,519, 
a 
1,790 95 
January. 
u 
12,434, 
8,900, 
a 
2,492 04 
February. 
a 
a 
1,755 46 
The managers are glad to say, that out of this large con- 
course of people, there have been but four instances where 
the interference of the police was required to preserve order, 
and maintain the rules of the Garden. 
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LOAN. 
Since the last report, there has been subscribed to the loan 
of the Society, $100,875. 
The commercial depression of the past year, has doubtless, 
materially affected — as it has all undertakings — our receipts 
from this source. But the managers are confident that, with 
the favorable exhibition of their business and profits which 
the present report shows, the subscribers to their loan will, 
hereafter, be found not merely among public spirited citi- 
zens, but that those who are seeking a good return for their 
capital, will find in the certificates of the loan of this Society 
a sure and profitable investment. The Society pays six 
per cent, in money, and two and a-half per cent, in tickets 
on its certificates of loan. No certificate is issued for less 
than one hundred dollars, and for every investment of two 
hundred dollars, the holder can at his option, have one 
annual ticket in the name of any person he may name, or 
twenty single tickets of admission. These single tickets af- 
ford to the benevolent, a means of bestowing on the poor, 
recreation and instruction, of which many have availed them- 
selves. The total subscriptions to the loan having, during 
the year, reached the sum of $125,000, the proposition of 
the trustees of Mr. Alfred Cope's fund (which was predicated 
