56 The Irish Naturalist. March. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOaiCAL SOCIETY. 



January 31. — The Annual C'iIiNekal AlEiiiiNc; was licld at lAMiistcr 

 llousf, the Right Hon. Jonathan Hogg (President) in the chair. Tlic 

 Hon. Secretary, Dr. R. F. Schakfi', read and moved tiie adoption of the 

 Conncil's Report for 1910. 



Dnring the years 1909 and 1910 the niiniher of visitors to the Society's 

 Gartlens, and the receipts at the Entrance Gate, were as follows : — 



1909. 1910. 



Admission. Receipts. Admission. Receipts. 



The receipts for 19 10 arc less than for any year since 1901, and the 

 numl)er of visitors, both in 1901 and 1904. was less than in 19 10. 



The figures for last year are rather instructive. The weather was 

 most unfavourable, and this certainly must have prevented large numbers 

 from availing themselves of the attractions of the Gardens. It also 

 affected the visits of the members of the Society, who enter, of course, 

 free of charge. The takings from Sunday admissions too have fallen, 

 and yet the total receipts at gate during the past year are only slightly 

 less than they were in 1909, in spite of many holidays being utterly spoiled 

 by heavy winds and rain. A great increase has taken place among the 

 sixpenny visitors — mostly excursion parties from the country — and it is 

 a good sign also that the poor children have not been prevented by the 

 weather from enjoying the Gardens on Sundays, since 2,000 more were 

 there than in the year before. 



The receipts from entrance fees and subscriptions to the Society are 

 lower than last year. They are not so low when we compare them with 

 the average of the last ten years, but the Council think that the Zoological 

 Gardens are of such distinct advantage to the City of Dublin and the 

 country at large, that more persons should avail themselves of the 

 opportunity of aiding this National Institution by becoming Members of 

 it. It is satisfactory to record that nineteen became Life Members of 

 the Society during the past year. 



