one other payment which has been made since the period at 

 which the Report of the Auditors terminates : they allude 

 to the 



Well, 



the final charges for the formation of which, and for the 

 works connected with it, have now been settled. 



In their last Report, they stated generally the inducements 

 which had led to the determination of endeavouring to ob- 

 tain, for the use of the Gardens, an independent supply of 

 water from the deep springs, and described the *teps which 

 had been taken with the view of securing it. They reported 

 also, that success had so far attended the operation that, for 

 four months previously to the last Anniversary, the whole of 

 the water used in the Gardens had been dei'ived from the 

 Well. Twelve additional months have now elapsed, and 

 they are still enabled, with one brief exception, to repeat the 

 same gratifying statement. There have been some diffi- 

 culties, from time to time, throughout the year; but such, it 

 is believed, are attendant on the earlier period of all works 

 of this description. In this particular instance, it is proba- 

 ble that they were increased, at the commencement, by the 

 neglect that resulted from the bankruptcy of the contractors, 

 which occurred shortly after the time when their contract 

 should have been completed. Delays and uncertainties were 

 the natural consequence of their failure; and when, at length, 

 the Society was under the necessity of putting an end to the 

 contract, and of charging other engineers with the comple- 

 tion of the works, it was found that so much required to be 

 altered and amended and replaced, that the cost of finishing 

 the Well and machinery exceeded by rather more than £100 

 the amount reserved from the sum contracted for. The 

 whole amount has, however, now been paid ; and the total 

 cost of the work has thus been ascertained to be £1920 18^. 

 10c?. The annual cost of the working may probably be esti- 

 mated, independent of repairs to the machinery, at £165; 

 a sum, it must be remarked, considerably exceeding that 



