REPORT 
OF THE 
Board of Directors. 
Philadelphia, April 23rd, 1914. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia presents to the members and loanholders its forty- 
second annual report, for the year ending February 28th, 1914. 
General Affairs and Finances. 
The number of members at the close of the year was : — 
Annual members 154 
Life members 1,015 
Honorary members 13 
Perpetual memberships 246 
Junior members 48 
Total members 1,476 
The following is a report in detail of the admissions and 
receipts for the year: — 
Adults (paying at gates) 146,467 
Children (paying at gates) 44,091 
Members (including life and annual members, loan- 
holders' annual, and complimentary annual tickets) 1,324 
Loanholders' single tickets 2,935 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.)* 5,998 
Coupon tickets 142 
Excursion tickets 3,387 
204,344 
* 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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