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the 5th of the following November at the Board of Trade 
rooms and lay before the public the critical financial condi- 
tion of the Society. A large attendance of citizens at this 
meeting showed the great interest taken in the subject. A 
committee was appointed who at once made efforts to raise 
funds for the present and future support of the Garden. 
Subscriptions amounting to $22,000 were thus secured. 
The Board desire to publicly express their thanks to 
the gentlemen composing the " Citizens' Committee of Ways 
and Means " for their earnest efforts made in soliciting the 
necessary funds for the maintenance and support of the 
Zoological Garden ; to the editors and proprietors of the 
press, in exciting the interest of the public, and to the citi- 
zens of Philadelphia for their liberal response to the appeal 
of the committee. 
In expressing these thanks it is yet necessary to remem- 
ber that nothing but a large endowment fund will insure 
the permanency of the Garden. 
It is earnestly hoped that such a fund will be raised. 
Until then the existence of the Society will be always uncer- 
tain and sometimes precarious. At the present time it is 
very important that the membership should be increased. 
The Directors appeal to the present members to make indi- 
vidual exertions in this direction and thus materially in- 
crease the revenue of the Society. 
The following is a report, in detail, of the gate receipts 
for the year : — 
Adults (paying twenty-five cents at gates), .... 94,567 
Children (paying ten cents at gates), 26,566 
Members (including Life and Annual Members, 
loan-holders' annual, and complimentaiy annual 
tickets), 2,601 
Loan-holders' single tickets, 28,447 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, Ac), 2,414 
Coupon tickets, 3,210 
Excursion tickets, 8,034 
165,839 
