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gained him a permanent reputation among the scientific 
men of all countries. 
The following is a report, in detail, of the gate receipts 
for the year : — 
Adults (paying twenty-five cents at gates), .... 142,600 
Children (paying ten cents at gates), 37,365 
Members (including Life and Annual Members, 
loan-holders' annual, and complimentary annual 
tickets), 3,294 
Loan-holder's single tickets, 27,311 
■Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c), 2,819 
Package tickets, 268 
Excursion tickets, 11,658 
225,315 
3Ionth!y Record of Visitors for 1883-8^ with corresponding 
account for 1882-83. 
Month. 
1882-83. 
1883-84. 
COMPAEISON. 
March, .... 
April, .... 
May, 
June, 
July, 
August, .... 
September, . . 
October,, . . . 
November, . . 
December, . . . 
January, . . . 
February, . . . 
9,272 
16,022 
19,4S3 
25,056 
35,385 
34,906 
40,572 
42,116 
10,589 
10,432 
4,518 
4,515 
9,513 
11,804 
29,362 
24,751 
33,165 
39,324 
36,140 
15,788 
11,693 
5,973 
2,377 
5,425 
Increase, . . 241 
Decrease, . . 4,218 
Increase, . . 9,879 
Decrease, . . 305 
. . 2,220 
Increase, . . 4,418 
Decrease, . . 4,432 
. . 26,328 
Increase, . . 1,104 
Decrease, . . 4,459 
. . 2,141 
Increase, . . 910 
252,866 
225,315 
Decrease, . . 27,551 
Average daily admission, 616 
The greatest number of visitors on any one day was 
on Wednesday, July 4th, 6,034 
