REPORT 
OP THE 
Board of Directors. 
Philadelphia, April 25th, 1918. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of 
Philadelphia presents to the members and loanholders 
its forty-sixth annual report, for the year ending Feb- 
ruary 28th, 1918. 
General Affairs and Finances. 
The number of members at the close of the year was : — 
Annual members 167 
Life members 990 
Honorary members 10 
Perpetual memberships 245 
Junior members 40 
Total members 1,452 
The following is a report in detail of the admissions 
and receipts for the year: — 
Adults (paying at gates) 166,553 
Children (paying at gates) 54,214 
Members (including life and annual members, 
loanholders^ annual, and complimentary an- 
nual tickets) 1,287 
Loanholders' single tickets 4,520 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.)* 5,117 
Coupon tickets 223 
Excursion tickets 1,107 
233,021 
* In addition to these 200,000 tickets were issued for the admission of 
pupils of the Philadelphia Schools. 
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