6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1905-1906 
with corresponding account for 1904-1906. 
Month 
1904-1905 
1905-1906 
Comparison 
TIT 1 
March 
CM O CT "I O C 
Sljool 85 
$1,491 75 
Increase . 
. . . $139 90 
April 
2,338 15 
3,214 60 
... 876 45 
May 
5,162 60 
O Af\0 Ar\ 
3,493 40 
T^ppypo qp 
1 66Q 90 
. . . i. ^yj 
June 
2,D/o UU 
2,029 Uo 
48 95 
July 
3,555 25 
3,605 40 
Increase . 
50 15 
August 
4,806 00 
5,162 65 
a 
... 356 65 
beptember. . 
4,015 50 
4,691 15 
u 
... 675 65 
October. . . . 
2,858 85 
3,255 15 
(C 
... 396 30 
November. . 
1,430 10 
1,706 70 
i( 
... 276 60 
December. . 
556 85 
1,182 60 
(( 
... 625 75 
January .... 
883 70 
932 20 
ii 
48 50 
February. . . 
564 70 
888 65 
a 
... 323 95 
$30,201 55 
$32,253 30 
Increase 
...$2,051 75 
Some increase is to be noted in the income from admis- 
sions; this was, however, more than offset by expenditures 
for extensive repairs to some of the older buildings at the 
Gardens, which were so thoroughly executed during the 
summer, that no great outlay for such purpose is antici- 
pated during the coming year. 
The continued interest and benefit derived by the children 
of the Public Schools from visiting the Gardens under guid- 
ance of their teachers, is most gratifying. It is an obvious 
duty that all means for their instruction growing out of 
the facilities of the Gardens should be fully developed, and 
with this object a plan is under consideration for holding a 
course of lectures on zoological subjects, at the Gardens, 
during the season when it is most visited by the children. 
These would be especially useful to the older grades of pupils 
as well as to the teachers, and it can hardly be doubted 
that such a course would be welcomed by both. 
Some expense would be incurred in carrying out this 
scheme in a worthy manner — more than would be justified 
