REPORT 
OP THE 
Board of Directors. 
Philadelphia, April 24th, 1919. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of 
Philadelphia presents to the members and loanholders 
its forty-seventh annual report, for the year ending Feb- 
ruary 28th, 1919. 
General Affairs and Finances. 
The number of members at the close of the year was : — 
Annual members 149 
Life members 982 
Honorary members 9 
Perpetual memberships 243 
Junior members 33 
Total members 1,416 
The following is a report in detail of the admissions 
and receipts for the year: — 
Adults (paying at gates) 217,676 
Children (paying at gates) 70,069 
Members (including life and annual members, 
loanholders' annual, and complimentary an- 
nual tickets) 1,481 
Loanholders' single tickets. 4,994 
Free admissions (charitable institutions, donors' 
tickets, &c.)* 3,938 
Coupon tickets 385 
Excursion tickets 548 
299,091 
* In addition to these 200,000 tickets were issued for the admission of 
pupils of the Philadelphia Schools. 
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