6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1916-1917 
with corresponding account for 1915-1916. 
Month 
1915-1916 
1916-1917 
Comparison 
March 
Sl,249 65 
$1,299 25 
Increase . . 
.. $49 60 
April 
1,893 95 
3,295 85 
Increase . . 
. 1,401 90 
May 
3,106 65 
3,462 15 
Increase. . 
. 355 50 
June 
2,856 95 
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Increase. . 
. 587 30 
July 
3,736 45 
5,046 60 
Increase. . . 
. 1,310 15 
August 
4,336 30 
3,639 75 
Decrease. . 
. 696 55 
September. . 
3,513 55 
3,373 80 
Decrease. . 
. 139 75 
October. . . . 
3,363 15 
3,457 70 
Increase. . . 
. 94 55 
November. . 
1,749 45 
2,051 40 
Increase . . 
301 95 
December. . 
821 35 
1,300 40 
Increase.. . 
. 479 05 
January 
993 70 
1,037 25 
Increase . . . 
. 43 55 
February. . . 
566 20 
1,313 90 
Increase . . . 
. 747 70 
$28,187 35 
$32,722 30 
Increase. . . 
. 4,534 95 
It is gratifying to be able to report a substantial in- 
crease in the gate receipts for the year. 
The expenditure for animals has been nearly twice as 
much as that of the preceding year, but on account of the 
European war the difficulty of obtaining specimens from 
foreign countries has continued. 
The Society has been fortunate in being able to co- 
operate with Dr. William T. Hornaday of the New York 
Zoological Society and the National Zoological Park in 
Washington, by subscribing $2000 as their share to de- 
fray the*expenses of sending Mr. J. Alden Loring to South 
Africa to collect animals. Mr. Loring returned in January 
with a number of specimens and having made arrange- 
ments for future purchases. 
The Southern entrance to the Garden has been removed 
to a new location on Thirty-fourth Street, where a new 
gate house has been erected and from which a new asphalt 
walk has been laid. 
