6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1919- 
1920, with corresponding account for 1918-1919. 
Month 
1918-1919 
1919-1920 
Comparison 
March 
$4,150.70 
$4,386.40 
Increase 
$235.70 
April 
4,126.10 
8,148.10 
Increase 
4,022.00 
May . - 
5,754.80 
9,001.25 
Increase 
3,246.45 
June 
7,364.80 
8,010.75 
increase 
645,95 
July 
9,262.70 
7,318.55 
Decrease 
1,944.15 
August 
8,231.40 
12,086.40 
Increase 
3,855.00 
September. . 
8,908.40 
10,017.35 
Increase 
1,108.95 
October 
3,010.75 
5,639.60 
Increase 
2,628.85 
November. . 
3,014.15 
5,937.60 
Increase 
2,923.45 
December.. . 
2,181.20 
1,414.95 
Decrease 
766.25 
January. . . . 
2,265.40 
1,057.05 
Decrease 
1,208.35 
February. . . 
3,253.80 
1,244.05 
Decrease 
2,009.75 
$61,524.20 
$74,262.05 
Increase $12,737.85 
The receipts from admissions for the year have been 
much greater than ever before in the history of the Gar- 
den, as have also the receipts from the sale of guides, 
souvenirs and other privileges of the Garden. The cost 
of maintenance, however, has greatly increased. 
It has been a rather trying year throughout, as speci- 
mens have been very scarce and hard to secure on ac- 
count of the war embargo, and other causes. Those that 
have come into the country have been received in more 
or less bad condition, and this, added to the extreme and 
continued cold weather during the winter, has made it 
difficult to maintain a complete collection. Fortunately, 
few important specimens have been lost, and in spite of 
the restricted opportunities nearly all the cages and en- 
closures are well stocked and the total number of speci- 
mens exhibited is equal to last year. 
Owing to the unsettled condition of labor and the ina- 
bility of securing material, very Uttle new building was 
undertaken, the only important work being the altera- 
