effectual dissemination of a taste for the pursuit of Natural 

 History in its most popular and attractive form, which the 

 Council record with the greatest satisfaction, and regard 

 as a most convincing proof of the usefulness of the Society's 

 Establishment as a place of instruction as well as of refined 

 recreation and amusement. 



The receipts in 1850 were £10,462 9 



The receipts in 1851 were £22,248 3 6 



The largest receipts previously to 1851, 



were taken in 1831, and amounted to £11,425 16 



The amount in 1851 is therefore larger than the com- 

 bined receipts of the two most prosperous years which had 

 occurred since the foundation of the Society ; and they are 

 equal to the combined receipts of the six least prosperous 

 years, viz. 1842-1847 inclusive. 



The increase in the number of "Visitors from the facilities 

 now given to Fellows, and from the reduced price at which 

 the Gardens are accessible to Children and to the Public 

 on Mondays, renders the comparison between 1851 and 

 1831 still more interesting and instructive. 



or nearly 200 per cent. 



Of the total number of Visitors who paid for admission 

 to the Gardens in 1851, there were 



On ordinary days, at Is. each . 301,706 



On Mondays, at 6d. each . . 245,801 

 Children under 12 years of age 



Hied 40,714 



-588,221 



The increase in the number of Visitors, as compared 



