6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1907-1908 
with corresponding account for 1906-1907. 
Month 
1 Qn7 1 one 
Comparison 
CM 1 £J /I 'in 
511)1, lo4 71) 
<n» 1 OA/2 AA 
1)1, 89d 00 
Increase . . 
. $731 30 
April 
O 1 1 O OA 
6,112 6\J 
O A1 O O CT 
2,018 85 
Decrease. . 
. 1,093 45 
May 
/I A1 A AK 
4,U10 Oo 
Increase 
354 65 
J une 
z,yzi Do 
o,ooo yo 
a 
614 90 
July 
3,737 75 
4,977 15 
C i 
. 1,239 40 
August 
4,691 90 
6,141 45 
11 
. 1,449 55 
September. . 
rr OOA OA 
o,3z9 80 
A OA^ OC 
4,20/ 35 
Decrease. . 
. 1,122 45 
October. . . . 
2,220 60 
2,790 30 
Increase . . 
. 569 70 
November. . 
1,883 25 
1,638 65 
Decrease.. . 
244 60 
December. . 
1,105 90 
1,339 45 
Increase . . 
. 233 55 
January 
991 75 
990 85 
Decrease. . 
90 
February. . . 
737 30 
684 05 
53 25 
$31,551 70 
$34,230 10 
Increase. . . 
.$2,678 40 
The Gardens. 
The number of living specimens exhibited was as follows: — 
Mammals 487 
Birds 952 
Reptiles 1,012 
Amphibians 75 
2,526 
The whole number of accessions during the year was about 
as usual, and the variety of the exhibits has been maintained, 
but there has been an increasing scarcity of species new to the 
collection, and of small mammals and birds of rarity some- 
what beyond those received through the ordinary channels 
of supply. There is no doubt that, in no small measure, 
this is due to the regulations covering the importation of 
wild species enforced by the national government. The 
wisdom of preventing the naturalization in this country of 
