6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1917- 
1918, with corresponding account for 1916-1917. 
Month 
1916-1917 
1917-1918 
Comparison 
March 
$1,299.25 
$1,800.50 
Increase 
$501.25 
April 
3,295.85 
4,449.15 
Increase 
1,153.30 
May 
3,462.15 
5,025.90 
Increase 
1,563.75 
June 
3,444.25 
5,316.05 
Increase 
1,871.80 
July 
5,046.60 
6,256.60 
Increase 
1,210.00 
August 
3,639.75 
7,045.60 
Increase 
3,405.85 
September. . 
3,373.80 
7,093.90 
Increase 
3,720.10 
October 
3,457.70 
4,174.45 
Increase 
716.75 
November. . 
2,051.40 
2,881.85 
Increase 
830.45 
December. . . 
1,300.40 
911.90 
Decrease 
388.50 
January. . . . 
1,037.25 
529.90 
Decrease 
507.35 
February. . . 
1,313.90 
1,385.40 
Increase 
71.50 
$32,722.30 
$46,871.20 
Increase $14,148.90 
There has been a marked increase in the gate receipts 
during the year. The cost of maintenance has, however, 
increased proportionately, so that the credit balance is 
no greater than in former years. 
The difficulty of obtaining specimens from foreign 
countries continues. Though several new animal dealers 
have started business on the Pacific Coast, yet they are 
as yet unable to furnish the variety and number of 
animals that could be obtained from the European 
dealers before the war. The Directors purchased from 
Ellis S. Joseph of Australia, a large number of birds, 
mammals and reptiles, among which were a number of 
species that had never before been shown in the Garden. 
Mrs. Horsbrugh, widow of Colonel Boyd Horsbrugh, 
of Tandridge Priory, Oxtead, Surrey, England, has 
presented to the Society a number of valuable and 
interesting water fowl that had been collected by her 
husband. 
