6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1909-1910 
with corresponding account for 1908-1909. 
Month 
1908-1909 
1909-1910 
Comparison 
March 
$1,498 40 
$1,075 80 
Decrease. . . 
. $422 60 
April 
2,090 95 
2,159 60 
Increase. . . 
o8 65 
May 
2,544 30 
2,457 85 
Decrease.. . 
86 45 
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313 20 
July 
2,511 15 
3,164 55 
Increase . . . 
653 40 
August 
4,318 85 
4,619 20 
300 35 
September. . 
3,318 70 
3,534 95 
(( 
. 216 25 
October. . . . 
2,681 15 
2,579 30 
Decrease. . . 
101 85 
November. 
1,369 40 
1,556 15 
Increase . . . 
186 75 
December. . 
816 30 
695 50 
Decrease . . 
120 80 
January 
767 70 
725 80 
41 90 
February. . . 
1,178 35 
568 80 
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. 609 55 
$25,506 55 
$25,235 60 
Decrease. . . 
. $270 95 
The Gardens. 
The total number of animals exhibited in each class during 
the year was: — 
Mammals 479 
Birds 933 
Reptiles 884 
Amphibians 52 
2,348 
Among the accessions, species new to the collection were 
less in number than is usually the case, but among them were 
some of much interest. 
Stairs' Monkey (Cercopithecus stairsi Sclater). 
Hab., East Africa. 
A specimen of this rare monkey, from the lower Zambesi, 
was purchased on April 28th. 
