THE rOUNCIL. 3 



In pursuance of the direction of the Annual Meeting in 

 1832, the Council have applied for subscriptions to remove 

 this the only impediment in the way of the complete accom- 

 plishment of the plans of the Society ; and in consequence 

 .i£*.179 ^*s been subscribed. The expense of the whole work 

 is estimated at £.4!50 ; and it is the decided opinion of every 

 person connected with the Zoological department that it will be 

 highly advantageous to execute the whole work at once. 

 Under these circumstances the Council have thought it right 

 to appeal to the present Meeting for directions as to further 

 proceedings. They may add, that, in order to aid in the 

 execution of this desirable work, Mr. Phillips has proposed 

 to place half the proceeds of his Course of Lectures on the 

 Natural History of Animals, to be delivered in the ensuing 

 month, at the disposal of the Society. 



By the munificence of one of the first friends of the Society, 

 the Earl of Tyrconnel, the Laboratory is now become com- 

 pletely furnished with every requisite for the active prosecution 

 of original researches, as well as for the illustration of public 

 lectures, and there is good ground for hope that the attractive 

 and useful science of Chemistry will by these means become 

 familiar to our Members : this will be the most appropriate 

 acknowledgment of their sense of the motives which dictated 

 this truly noble gift. 



The Council have again to acknowledge the liberality of the 

 Rev. W. Hincks, in devoting the proceeds of a Short Course 

 of Lectures on Botany to the improvement of the Garden. 



The Meteorological Committee present the following 

 table of the oscillations of the barometer for 1833, for com- 

 parison with that in the Report for 1832. The heights are 

 reduced to 32" F. by Schumacher's Tables. 

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