Accordingly,!!! the end of lVlay,the sum of £l 20 

 was borrowed, at 4f per cent, interest; and 

 with this sum, and the money arising from 

 subscriptions and other sources, all the other 

 debts of the Society have been discharged, 

 except two or three bills of small amount, for 

 which the arrears of subscriptions due last 

 year, will be nearly an equivalent. 



The plan for improving the funds, by charg- 

 ing a small sum for the admission of non- 

 subscribers, was mentioned in the last Report. 

 Karly in the present year, it was submitted to 

 the consideration of a General Meeting, after 

 having lain on the table more than two months; 

 and was adopted, with certain modifications. 

 The new Regulation, as passed by the Public 

 Meeting, is, to charge one shilling for each 

 admission, whether of a stranger or a resident 

 non-subscriber, and half that sum for a child 

 or servant; with the understanding, that every 

 Member or Subscriber may, as heretofore, 

 give free admission to any stranger with whom 

 he is acquainted or connected. This regula- 

 tion commenced in the month of February, 

 and in the course of the season the sum of 

 Five Pounds has been collected for the ad- 

 mission of strangers and resident non-sub- 

 scribers; and as the number of Visitors during 



