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2. ProsrctTor’s DEPARTMENT. 
The new Prosector, Mr. Alfred Henry Garrod, B.A., 
Scholar of St. John’s College, Cambridge, entered upon 
his duties on the 1st of January, 1872, and remained in 
assiduous discharge of them throughout the year. Besides 
the ordinary official duties of keeping up the registers of 
deaths and dissections, and disposing of the dead animals 
for the Society’s benefit, Mr. Gariod made several im- 
portant communications to the Scientific Meetings in 1872, 
which will be found printed in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings.’ 
Mr. Garrod is at present directing special attention to 
the anatomy of birds—a subject which has hitherto re- 
ceived scant attention, and in which, looking to the unri- 
valled facilities afforded by the Society’s extensive collection, 
he cannot fail.to do good work for science. 
3. VISITORS. 
The total number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens 
during the year.1872 was 648,088, being 52,171 more 
than the corresponding number in 1871, as will be seen 
by the following Table :— Abts, 
a ee ea ed 
1871. 1872. | Comparison. 
a 
Fellows and Friends .............ceeee0.... 157,610 | 167,402 | Incr. 9,792 
On ordinary days at ls.each_ | 12 7,969 | 139,396 | Incr. 11,427 
| On Mondays and other days \ 
Paying at 6d. each ..........ccececes 261,900 | 291,341 | Iner. 20,441 
_—_—_—— 
i 2 - 
Neneh en ae et} | 845688 | 30,497 | nee 
Mifecadmision wren t6 | 13,750 | 10452 [Deer 320 
4,809 
—_—_——— 
595,917 | 648,088 | Incr. 52,171 
The following Table gives the number of visitors to the 
Society’s Gardens in each year since they were first 
opened, It will be observed that there were a greater 
number of entrances in 1872 than in any of the precedin 
years, except the two Exhibition years 1851 and 1862, 
and that a most satisfactory and regular increase of visitors 
has taken place every year for the past 10 years. 
