REPORT 
OF THE 
Board of Directors. 
Philadelphia, April 22d, 1915. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia presents to the members and loanholders its forty- 
third annual report, for the year ending February 28th, 1915. 
General Affairs and Finances. 
The number of members at the close of the year was: — 
Annual members 199 
Life members 1,007 
Honorary members 12 
Perpetual memberships 247 
Junior members 45 
Total members 1,510 
The following is a report in detail of the admissions and 
receipts for the year: — 
Adults (paying at gates) 148,191 
Children (paying at gates) 45,162 
Members (including life and annual members, loan- 
holders' annual, and complimentary annual tickets) 1,466 
Loanholders' single tickets 3,937 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.)* 6,978 
Coupon tickets 36 
Excursion tickets 1,619 
207,389 
* 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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