6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1911-1912 
with corresponding account for 1910-1911. 
Month 
1910-1911 
1911-1912 
Comparison 
March 
$1,135 55 
$1,186 65 
Increase 
$51 10 
April 
1,559 05 
1,937 95 
378 90 
May 
3,282 95 
3,174 30 
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June 
2,187 90 
2,962 40 
Increase .... 
774 50 
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August 
4,067 15 
3,769 15 
Decrease 
298 00 
September. , 
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Increase .... 
51 75 
October. . . . 
2,885 15 
2,101 45 
Decrease 
783 70 
November. . 
1,300 10 
1,388 85 
Increase 
88 75 
December. . 
616 85 
1,092 25 
(( 
475 40 
January 
653 90 
515 50 
Decrease 
138 40 
February. . . 
1,116 85 
931 70 
185 15 
$25,105 90 
$25,992 60 
Increase 
$886 70 
The Gardens. 
The total number of animals exhibited in each class during 
the year was: — 
Mammals 516 
Birds 997 
Reptiles 772 
Amphibians 42 
2,327 
The following species were exhibited in the collection for 
the first time: — 
Water Mongoose, Herpestes hrachyurus, Gray. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 
A male of this species, one of the rarest of its genus in 
captivity, was purchased on March l^th. It curiously 
resembles the common raccoon in the habit of soaking 
its food in water before it is eaten; as this species ap- 
pears to frequent swampy localities, which is also in- 
