7 
Average daily receipts from admissions $56 G3 
The largest amount of receipts at the gates on any 
one day was on Monday, May 30th 348 75 
Total Receipts on the several days of iJie week, and their respective 
averages for 1898-99. 
Rank. 
Days. 
Total Receipts. 
Average. 
1 
$7,211 69 
$138 69 
2 
5,464 90 • 
105 09 
3 
2,076 56 
39 93 
4 
Thursday 
1,655 40 
31 83 
5 
1,654 32 
31 81 
6 
Friday ........ 
1,316 55 
25 3-2 
7 
1,290 65 
24 35 
$20,670 07 
The decrease in the revenue from admissions, noticeable 
for some years, has continued. 
When the factors entering into a problem are so numerous 
as in this case, it is not easy to assign to each its proper 
value, but a careful analysis seems to indicate certain con- 
ditions, each of which contributes its share to this decrease. 
The establishment in 1891 of a low rate of admission on 
Saturdays and holidays, in response to what was felt to be 
a public need, has failed to realize the hopes of the Board, 
in that while the gain to persons of small means in being 
placed within easy reach of the facilities of the Gardens 
cannot be denied, the increased number profiting thereby 
has not been sufficient to balance the reduction in the rate, 
and a considerable annual loss has resulted. To some 
extent, also, the issue of 125,000 tickets yearly, for the 
use of pupils of the public schools, necessarily subtracts 
from the number of visitors paying at the gates, although 
this loss may be willingly borne in consideration of the 
obvious and widely distributed advantages resulting from 
the use of these tickets. 
