6 
Monthly Record of Receipts from Admissions for 1902-1903 
with corresponding account for 1901-1902. 
Comparison. 
Month. 
March . . 
April . . . 
May . . . 
June . . . 
July . . 
August . . 
September, 
October . . 
November, 
December . 
January . 
February . 
1901-1902. 
11,366 32 
2,138 54 
3,056 26 
2,861 52 
2,370 34 
3,909 02 
3,843 53 
2,745 99 
1,360 06 
835 95 
692 85 
437 00 
$25,617 38 
1902-1903. 
$1,708 90 
2,254 30 
4,567 20 
3,299 35 
4,164 00 
5,992 95 
3,457 95 
2,596 50 
2,252 90 
677 40 
756 40 
748 70 
$32,476 55 
Increase 
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a 
Decrease 
Increase 
Decrease 
Increase 
$342 58 
115 76 
1,510 94 
437 83 
1,793 66 
2,083 93 
385 58 
149 49 
892 84 
158 55 
63 55 
311 70 
Increase . $6,859 17 
An increase in admissions has been steady throughout 
the year, three months only showing a decrease, in amounts 
so small as to be fully accounted for by unfavorable 
weather. 
Beginning on Saturday, May 24th, instrumental concerts 
were given on three afternoons in each week, until the last 
of July, the cost being generously met by a member of the 
Society. Although these concerts were enjoyable to the 
visitors present, it is sufficiently evident that they cannot be 
continued by the Board as a source of revenue, for a care- 
ful analysis of the gate receipts shows that neither during 
the whole period, nor on the single days when they were held, 
was there any noticeable advance over the general percent- 
age of increase for the remaining portion of the year. 
The growing study of the collection by pupils of the 
Public Schools is highly gratifying. From early May to 
the commencement of the summer vacation there were few 
weekdays on which the Gardens were not visited by large 
parties, in charge of their teachers. On many days the 
number admitted exceeded two thousand. 
