10 REPOllT OF THE 



of previous Annual Meetings, to a considerable extent ; viz. 

 for the purchase of Mr. Allis's Collection cf'SSO. ; for new 

 Zoological Cases £236. ; for Hothouses, &c. £4>0. ; for re- 

 pairs of the Roman Tower dfi'lS. ; making in all about £6iO. 



To meet this great but necessary expenditure, the Trea- 

 surer has received Subscriptions towards the purchase of Mr. 

 Allis's Collection, to the extent of ^227. 8s. * ; from the Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition £94>. ^s. ; Admission and Composition 

 from one member £25. ; Admissions of twenty other members 

 ^100. ; and a Donation of =^10. from Miss Willoughby ; 

 in all about £4)56. The difference is about .£'180. ; but the 

 debt of the Society, when some arrears shall have been col- 

 lected, will not be found augmented by even one hundred 

 pounds. 



The Ordinary Annual Income has in no respect fallen off, 

 but on the contrary has been augmented by the addition of 

 twenty-two New Members, more than doubling the loss by 

 death and removal. The receipts from Ladies' Annual Sub- 

 scriptions, from payments for keys of the Gardens, and 

 Strangers' Tickets of Admission, have been nearly as in pre- 

 ceding year. 



No pecuniary loss, therefore, has resulted to the Society 

 from opening the Museum and Gardens, during certain days, 

 to the free access of the public. This privilege was em_ 

 braced by many thousand persons, and the meeting will learn 

 with pleasure that neither accident nor misbehaviour occurred 

 to mar the general satisfaction. 



On the whole, the resources of the Society have been this 

 year severely tried, but not found wanting ; and the Council, 



* The subscriptions altogether amount to £276. 16s. of which £41. 5s. are 

 still unpaid. 



