The Tickets described in the first Resolution are novr 

 ready for deUvery ; and as they are issued solely with the 

 intention of relieving Fellows of the Society from the 

 necessity of personal attendance at the Gardens at incon- 

 venient times, they will only be available when presented 

 hy the Persons named on them. It is particularly re- 

 quested, therefore, that the Fellows will fill up and sign 

 every Ticket before it goes out of their possession. 



Finances. 



The Income and Expenditure, the Liabilities and the 

 Assets, have been so ably and so thoroughly investigated 

 in the elaborate Report of the Auditors, that the Council 

 feel it is unnecessary to do more, under this topic, than to 

 refer to that document, which has been printed, and is 

 now in the hands of the Meeting. 



They may mention however that the Liabilities, which 

 on Dec. 31 amounted to £2150, are at the present mo- 

 ment £663. 



Resignation of the Secretary. 



On the 6th of January last the Council received a com- 

 munication from Mr. Ogilby, in which he stated that the 

 exigences of his Irish tenantry so constantly demanded 

 his absence from London, that he found it impossible any 

 longer to bestow upon the affairs of the Society the atten- 

 tion and labour which he was desirous of affording to 

 them. In announcing the resignation of Mr. Ogilby, the 

 Council are anxious to express their appreciation of his 

 disinterested and energetic exertions on behalf of the So- 

 ciety throughout the long period of his official career, and 

 although they admit the superior urgency of the private 

 claims upon his time, they cannot help deeply regretting 

 the loss of his valuable assistance. 



After mature deliberation upon the exigences of the 

 office thus left vacant, the Council came to the conclusion 

 that they could not justly expect from their Secretary that 

 degree of responsibihty to the Society, and constant atten- 

 tion to its affairs, which appear to be of vital importance 

 at the present time, as long as the appointment remained 

 altogether honorary. The result of their anxious inqui- 



