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comes more urgent each year. Many repairs in the Gar- 
den and additions to the collection should now be made, 
but there is no income for this purpose. 
The following is a report, in detail, of the admissions and 
receipts for the year : — 
Adults (paying twenty-five cents at gates) .... 124,833 
Children (paying ten cents at gates) 32,700 
Members (including Life and Annual Members, 
loan -holders' annual, and complimentary annual 
tickets) 2,540 
Loan-holders' single tickets 25,997 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.) 2,396 
Coupon tickets 4,787 
Excursion tickets 12,793 
206,046 
Monthly Record of Visitors for 1887-88, with corresponding 
account for 1886-87. 
Month. 
1886-87. 
1887-88. 
Comparison. 
March .... 
6,687 
7,532 
Increase . 
. 845 
April 
12,682 
16,601 
. 3,919 
May 
20,509 
24,293 
a 
. 3,784 
June 
19,496 
20,153 
u 
. 657 
July 
28,371 
23,277 
Decrease . 
. 5,094 
August- .... 
34,492 
32,133 
. 2,359 
September . , 
30,044 
37,675 
Increase . 
. 7,63i 
October .... 
22,204 
19,095 
Decrease . 
. 3,109 
November . . 
9,298 
10,436 
Increase . 
. 1,138 
December . . . 
3,947 
5,872 
. 1,925 
January . . . 
4,250 
3,402 
Decrease . 
. 848 
Febuary . . . 
4,054 
5,577 
Increase . 
. 1,523 
196,034 
206,046 
Increase . 
. 10,012 
Average daily admissions 563 
The greatest number of visitors on any one day was 
on Sunday, September 18th 6,772 
