SnS"P°" "■^"'•' t^^^ Council thought fit to withdraw the 

 Society s opposition, the Council, acting upon the advL of' 



L' H:u:lCf lf^t°^^' ^^^^^^:^^ '^ preseVrpc:;^Von%'o 

 me nouse ot Commons pravinff to be hpnrrl Lr ^^ i 



against the Bill. At th'e Lm% Le tiTcouUlZfo 



tothe r fr '^V\' P^-omoterswill ultimately assent 

 to the conditions which the Council, acting under the 

 ad^^ce of their Solicitor and Surveyor, havf tTou^ht it 



SrL ourtt"^°°^ "^,^*'^ '' '^^- conSs are 

 carried out the proposed Kailway will not occasion inv 

 serious detriment to the Society's interests. ^ 



4. Staff 



The permanent Staff of the Society's Gardens remiin, 

 ..eariy the same as at the last AnniLsar/'^Jt ZS:^ 



1 Superintendent. 



1 Assistant Superintendent. 



1 Head Keeper. 



7 Keepers (1st class). 



6 Keepers (2nd class). 



9 Keepers (3rd class). 



3 Mone}^- takers. 



1 Storekeeper. 



1 Cook. 



1 Office Clerk. 



1 Prosector's Assistant. 



1 Head Gardener, 



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12^'!!^'" 1 r*" *^''^ •'^•■^ -^ Helpers in the Menageri" 



R^?.h'" f^r"'"'^'' ^ ^'•*'^^"«' 3 Painters, 11 LabouiSs' 



le^nJ ' I ^'/■'"''"' ^ Night-AVatchmen, and 1 Time: 



1 e^whnr' 7S^ "' '''^^^y "'--g^-^' «« that 'the numb of 



gains 9? at the?' ^' "r""^^ -^^ ^^°"^ ^^ persons 

 against JJ at the corresponding period last year. 



5. Visitors. 



