afforded by the results obtained during the Easter week 

 which has just passed, — the total number of persons who 

 visited the Gardens between April 12 and April 17 having 

 been 16,176, of whom 8414 paid for admission on Easter 

 Monday alone. 



The following Table presents a comparative statement of 

 the receipts at the Garden Gate during Easter week in five 

 of the most remarkable years : — 



The analysis of the Income of the Society presents the 

 gratifying fact that the Admission Fees and Life Com- 

 positions have maintained the improvement exhibited in 

 1850 as compared with preceding years : and there is very 

 little doubt from the excess of elections (22) which have 

 taken place since the 1st of January above the average of 

 the last ten years, that the next Anniversary will show a 

 still further advance. 



The amount of Annual Subscriptions received for the 

 year 1851 exhibits the unimportant decrease of £43 Is., 

 which will probably be made good by the payment of 

 arrears with the subscriptions of the current year. 



The sum produced by the sale of Duplicate Animals 

 exhibits a decrease of £408 13s., partly in consequence of 

 a portion of the payments on that account not having 

 been received until after the 31st of December, and partly 

 because the Society had not occasion to part with any large 

 animal which would have commanded a similar price to 

 that realized by the young Giraffe which was sold in 1850. 



The great increase of Income to which the funds 

 of the Society owe their present successful develop- 

 ment, is to be found in the payments of the public for 

 ADMISSION TO THE GARDENS, — an indication of the 



* The gross receipts of this year for admissious were upwards of 

 ^11,000. 



