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Income of 
Increase. | Decrease. 
1863. 1864 
Admission Fees ......... £ 9 @d| £ 8 a. & ANSE s.” a. 
Pas eases ties 85 0 0} -100 0 0 1552 O,- Ohad} eeceess 
PTERENE = | vceceats 620 0 O} 970 0 0} 350 O O).,.......00... 
AnnualSubscriptions :— 
AStiaseedseseceones 0 0 128° OO ital voce 31 0 0 
Present 12 QO) 8,491) eoO} 469) +O) POM Aes... 
Future 0 0 OO: -O Ot se cee dee atee 11/0 0 
Compositions O 0] 1,350 0 0} 150 O 9Q......,......... 
Ivory Tickets 2 0 8614 0 SIZ Oa avtvceevers 
Admissions to Gardens} 11,781 0 6/12,703 7 6 922) 7: Olen esac: eeeces 
Garden Sales ..ssse:s0-:|, .J,4¢0 LL -6) 1,163 10 8).........-.-cceaes 260 0 10 
Rent for Refreshment 
ROOM) pans dea oes ene dace: (32.13 .4 720..Q (Ol iccssecsvacstets 12 33) 04 
Publications ..........++ 712.31-.] 573. 8 Vb Sed eeceds 134. 2) 2 
Dividends  ...ceccceeeeees A203) eda Lb | alesis cesreeeasaes 8 0.0 
a GRA Oya, eased care ctuapalegs 71s ssaseesss eng 35 60 0 Be Dein Passe eres 
Miscellaneous .........+++ eon ht ee Boe Oo Nl cceac. sesocuaeecs 1110 9 
20,284 12 11 enle 13 10} 1 1974 8 0| 545 7 
Increase ...| 1,429 0 11]]...............-.| 545 7 1| Ded. Decr. 
21,713 13 10) 21,713 13 10} 1,429 O11 
The average Income of the three ordinary years pre- 
ceding the Exhibition year of 1862 was rather more 
than £16,000; so that, if the present state of the Society’s 
prosperity shall continue, of which, judging from the 
progress of affairs up to this date, there seems every 
prospect, it may be stated in broad terms, that an 
amelioration of the Society’s income to the extent of at 
least £5000 a year has taken place during the last three 
years. 
It is also gratifying to the Council to have to record the 
yearly increasing popularity of the Society’s Gardens 
amongst that class of visitors who resort to them on the 
national holidays. On the 16th of May last year, being 
Whit Monday, the number of entrances to the Gardens 
between 9 o’clock a.m. and the closing of the gates at 
sunset was no less than 31,136. Of these 31,011 paid 
sixpence apiece for admission, producing a receipt of 
L415 be. bas being the largest sum ever taken at the 
gates in one day since the opening of the Gardens to the 
public. 
But the inspection of the subjoined Table will show that 
