the preparation of a condensing steam-engine calculated at 

 a six-horse power, and of pumps estimated to throw upwards 

 of 100 gallons per minute. These deliver the water into a 

 main, which is connected with the ordinary service mains of 

 the whole of the Garden, and also with a Reservoir, capable 

 of containing about 12,000 barrels, which has been formed 

 on the highest point of the ground now in the Society's oc- 

 cupation. For the reception of the Engine and its Boiler a 

 substantial Engine-House has been erected adjoining to the 

 Well, near the Winter Repository in the North Garden. 



The total charge on account of these several works and of 

 the machinery amounts to about £1800. The annual out- 

 lay for working the machineiy and for its repairs may be esti- 

 mated, for the first seven years, at about £85. 



The Council are as yet unable to report with accuracy 

 either the rate at which the water rises into the well or the 

 quantity per minute delivered by the machinery : but it will 

 be satisfactory to the Members to learn that the whole of the 

 water used in the Gardens during the last four months has 

 been derived from that source. For several months prior to 

 the 23rd of December last the rent paid to the West Middle- 

 sex Water Works Company was £50 monthly. 



One other subject connected with Finance requires to be 

 noticed. The 



By-Tuaw respecting Arrears, 



which was adverted to in the last Annual Report, has since 

 been enacted. By it the Council are required, whenever any 

 Fellow shall be in arrear for two years on any Anniversary, 

 to give notice to him that unless his arrears are paid pre- 

 viously to the expiration of the current year he will be re- 

 moved from the Society ; and, should he neglect so to pay 

 them, they are further required to remove him, unless on 

 special grounds they shall otherwise order : but a Fellow so 



