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made their improvements subservient to the objects of 

 the Society, the upper end of the garden has been very 

 greatly embellished; an ample supply of water is now 

 obtained, and a pretty cascade formed. The Council, in 

 conclusion, urge earnestly on the members the advan- 

 tages of their frequently visiting the gardens ; they 

 request them to influence their friends to do so too, and 

 they call generally upon the citizens of Dublin to inspect 

 the garden and say whether, by withholding their support. 

 the} 7 will permit so beautiful an ornament to the City, and 

 so useful an institution, to fall away. 



Twenty-three members and twenty subscribers were 

 added to the Society last year. 



Admission from 1st May, 1846, to 29th April, 1847, 

 inclusive : — 



3,501 Free, 



290 at 2s. 6d. 



123 ,, Is. Od. 



38 ,, Is. 3d. 



9,853 ,, 0s. 6d. 



1,732 ,, 0s. 3d. 



41 ,, 0s. 3d. 



73,107 ,, 0s. Id. 



Children 

 Soldiers 



£36 

 6 

 2 



246 



21 13 

 10 



304 12 



Total, 88,685 



£617 17 6 



Income. 



Admission to the Gardens this year ... 



Members' Subscriptions 



Subscribers' Subscriptions ... 



Admission Fees of New Members 



Donations ... 



Admissions to Giraffe House, Medals and Incidentals 



Animals sold this year 



£ 

 617 

 257 

 53 

 18 

 22 

 26 

 27 



s. 



17 

 3 

 

 

 3 



18 

 3 



Expenditure. 



Animals purchased this year 



Provisions for animals this year 



Interest on Debentures 



Incidentals 



Wages 



Buildings this year .. 



Balance against Society last year 

 Balance against the Society 



£47 5 3 



562 13 11 



9 5 



178 15 8| 



300 11 7| 



93 1 6 



d. 



6 

 

 

 

 

 S 

 6 



£1022 5 8 



1191 13 0J 



169 7 4-J 

 106 7 7 



275 14 11| 



