that will not interfere with the efficacy and usefulness of the 

 Establishment. 



The increased number of Visitor^o the Gardens is also 

 deserving of especial notice, being 25,265 above 1848, and 

 75,349 above 1847. As this increase consists not only of 

 Fellows and their friends, but also of the Public in general, 

 the Committee have to congratulate the Council on the com- 

 plete success of the measure for admitting the Public on Mon- 

 days and Holidays at a reduced rate. They are moreover 

 strongly of opinion, that an elementary and popular course of 

 Lectures at the Gardens would be the means of greatly in- 

 creasing the receipts and at the same time carry out more 

 completely the intentions of the founders of this Society, by 

 diffusing information on and facilitating the study of Zoology. 

 The Committee refer with much gratification to one ex- 

 ample of judicious expenditure, the Reptile House, which at 

 the small cost of £240 has vastly increased the attraction 

 of the Gardens, and been not only useful to the student of 

 Natural History, but conducive to the healthful preservation 

 of the specimens. 



The Committee are of opinion that in all probability the 

 receipts would have been much greater but for the lamentable 

 visitation of last Autumn, which sensibly affected the pros- 

 perity of all large undertakings, more especially those places of 

 recreation usually visited by the Public at that period : they 

 hope therefore, should no unforeseen contingency arise, and the 

 present system of efficient and active management be carried 

 on with judicious economy, having a due regard to income and 

 a proper supervision of the expenditure, that the Society will 

 be placed in a permanent and flourishing condition. 



In conclusion, they have to notice with much commendation 

 the exact and concise manner in which the accounts have been 

 kept and placed before them by the Accountant, Mr. Leigh. 



LIONEL BOOTH. 



JOHN VAN VOORST. 



EDWARD NEWMAN. 



EDW. GREENAWAY. 



W. EWER. 



GEORGE DANIELL. 



ROBERT TUBBS. 



11 Hanover Square, March 18, 1850. 



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