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The following Table contains a statement of the Number 

 of Visitors to the Society^s Gardens during each year, from 

 the year 1828 to the year 1878. 



It -will be observed that, notwithstanding the depression 

 above alluded to, the number of visitors to the Gardens in 

 1878 has only been exceeded in four previous years, 

 namely, 1873, 1874, 1876, and 1877- 



4. Zoological Lectures. 



The Lectures, to the payment of which the proceeds of 

 the Davis Fund are under present arrangements devoted, 

 will be given for the present year in the usual Lecture- 



