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the pretty esplanade — a work which has cost a 

 considerable amount of labour and expense. 

 These fears had proved to be groundless ; Mr. 

 Grant, the engineer of the works, with his usual 

 zeal for the objects of the Society, had made every 

 effort to do as little injury as possible, and when 

 the planting and other arrangements in connection 

 with the cutting are carried out as proposed by 

 Mr. Abbott, that which threatened to be a 

 deformity would rather conduce to the beauty of 

 the Gardens, which would therefore lose none of 

 their attractions, but would still continue to be 

 the prettiest resort in the neighbourhood for the 

 townspeople and visitors. One other point in 

 the Report was worthy of special notice. In no 

 year, as far as he (Dr. Agnew) could recollect, 

 had there been so many admissions of Fellows 

 and Members. 



