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dollars each, transferable only on the books of the Society upon 
the surrender of the certificate.” 
Si’.c. III. The object of the Soeiety shall be the establishment 
and maintenance of a Zoological Garden at Cincinnati, and the 
study and dissemination of a knowledge of the nature and habits 
of the creatures of the animal kingdom.” 
“Sec. XVI. Stockholders shall be entitled to receive for each 
share of stock up to the number of five, twenty single tickets of 
admission each year, or one season ticket. All season tickets shall 
be issued in the name of a particular person, which shall be re¬ 
gistered, and any season ticket presented by any other person than 
the one to whom it is issued shall be forfeited. The name on any 
season ticket may be changed at the option of the holder, upon sur¬ 
render of the ticket, and a new season ticket will be issued in 
the substituted name, which shall be good for the balance of the 
year.” 
As will be seen from the foregoing summary of its history 
and organization, the Zoological Society is a strictly private 
enterprise, not in any way dependent upon municipal aid for its 
existence or maintenance. At present the Society consists of over 
four hundred members, representing a subscribed Capital of 
about $160,000. 
The grounds upon which the Garden has been established were 
secured from Messrs Winslow & Wilshire on perpetual lease, at 
the rate of $7,500 per annum, with privilege of purchase at the 
rate of $2,000 per acre. 
Ground was first broken in October 1874, but the work on the 
larger Shelter-houses did not commence until May 1875. On the 
18th of September of the same year the Garden w*as opened to the 
Public, and since that the Society has been constantly adding to the 
collection of animals, and expending large sums for improving and 
beautifying the grounds. 
It is but an act of Justice that we should state that the success 
with , which this enterprise has thus far been crowned, is chiefly 
due to the extraordinary labor of Mr. Andrew Erkenbrccher, who 
