REPORT 
OF THE 
Board of Directors. 
Philadelphia, April 26th, 1917. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia presents to the members and loanholders its forty- 
fifth annual report, for the year ending February 28th. 1917. 
General Affairs and Finances. 
The number of members at the close of the year was: — 
Annual members 179 
Life members 996 
Honorary members 10 
Perpetual memberships 245 
Junior members 42 
Total members 1,472 
The following is a report in detail of the admissions and 
receipts for the year: — 
Adults (paying at gates) 145,930 
Children (paying at gates) 40,111 
Members (including life and annual members, loan- 
holders' annual, and complimentary annual tickets) 1,501 
Loanholders' single tickets 4,156 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.)* ^ . 5,166 
Coupon tickets 87 
Excursion tickets 596 
197,547 
* In addition to these, 250,000 tickets were issued to the Board of 
Education, for the admission of pupils ot the Public Schools. 
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