The Council caiinot conclude the portion of their Report^ 

 which relates more particularly to that subject, without re-> 

 ferring to the aid afforded to them, in the examination of 

 accounts and tenders, by the 



Committee of Finance, 

 the Members of Avhich have throughout the year diligently 

 and carefully fulfilled the task entrusted to them, and have 

 merited, by their attention to the interests of the Society, 

 the best thanks of the Members. 



The Publications 



since the last Anniversary have comprised the Proceedings 

 of the Scientific Meetings for the several months ; and the 

 Fourth Part of the Transactions, completing the First Vo- 

 lume of that work. The First Part of the Second Volume 

 of the Transactions is now far advanced through the press, 

 and will very shortly be ready for publication. The com- 

 munication of these works to the learned bodies of this and of 

 other countries, and the transmission of the Proceedings to 

 the Corresponding Members, have taken place, as heretofore, 

 when opportunities have offered. The Proceedings have 

 also been delivered to all those Members who have applied 

 for them. 



It is almost superfluous to remark, that the care bestowed 

 by the Committee of Publication on the superintendence of 

 these works, and the diligence with which it has attended, 

 to its other duties, are such as to claim for its Members the 

 best thanks of the Society. 



THE GARDENS 



have fully maintained in the last year the attractiveness that 

 has hitherto distinguished them. The floral department 

 especially has been cultivated with increased attention, and 

 the embellishment afforded by the continued succession that 



