REPORT 
OP THE 
Board of Directors. 
Philadelphia, April 25th, 1912. 
The Board of Directors^^of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia presents to the members and loanholders its fortieth 
annual report, for the year ending February 29th, 1912. 
General Affairs and Finances. 
The number of members at the close of the year was: — 
Annual members 171 
Life members 1,285 
Corresponding members 6 
Honorary members 14 
Perpetual members ' 248 
Junior members : 38 
Total members 1,762 
The following is a report in detail of the admissions and 
receipts for the year: — 
Adults (paying at gates) 120,080 
Children (paying at gates) 36,675 
Members (including life and annual members, loan- 
holders' annual, and complimentary annual tickets) 1,110 
Loanholders' single tickets 3,390 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.)* 4,385 
Coupon tickets 107 
Excursion tickets 3,003 
168,750 
* In addition to these, 175,000 tickets were issued to the Board of 
Education, for the admission of pupils of the Public Schools. 
