7 
Average daily receipts from admissions $79 69 
The largest amount of receipts at the gates on any 
one day was on Thursday, July 4th 589 27 
Total Receipts on the several days of the week, and their respective 
averages for 1895-96, 
Rank. 
Days. 
Total Receipts. 
Average. 
1 
Sunday 
$11,024 80 
$212 01 
2 
6,544 85 
123 49 
3 
3,461 03 
66 56 
4 
2,336 24 
44 93 
5 
Friday 
2,142 70 
40 43 
6 
Monday 
1,927 21 
37 06 
7 
Tuesday 
1,730 09 
33 27 
$29,166 92 
The admission receipts show a slight increase above 
those of the previous year, and while the gain is not suffi- 
cient to lessen in any marked degree the need for a 
close economy, it may perhaps be regarded as the be- 
ginning of a return to a condition in which the receipts 
will more nearly balance the cost of maintenance than 
has been the case during the past three years. 
The only fund which has been available for extension 
has been the portion of the city appropriation set apart for 
permanent improvements. With this the new monkey 
house has been carried towards completion, and it is hoped 
that the coming year will fit it for occupancy. 
With this exception the resources of the Board have 
been devoted to maintaining the general condition of the 
collection and the enclosures — an end which it is felt has 
been fully attained. 
By order of the Board. 
HENRY T. COATES, 
Secretary. 
