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and your Council, with a smaller income than you have 

 ever had before, have so managed as to live within it, 

 and reduce your debt, as will be seen on reference to 

 the Treasurer's accounts. From this your Council are 

 led to believe that if their plans be persevered in the debt 

 of the Society will be overcome, while they are also 

 induced to hope that a return of prosperity to the country 

 and what is to be looked for, great influx of visitors con- 

 sequent on the opening of the various railroads, will 

 insure a future income for the ordinary purposes of the 

 Society. 



" Your Council have pleasure in reporting that your 

 animals continue to maintain the good health for which 

 your collection is remarkable. The losses sustained have 

 not been of importance, and your stock, though small, is 

 of considerable value, the Giraffe and other ruminants 

 are unsurpassed in any collection. 



" The Garden under the superintendence of Mr. 

 Buckley, has been much improved ; several new walks, 

 some judicious planting, and the growth of shrubs and 

 trees combined with the natural beauties of the situation, 

 render it a very distinguished ornament of the metropolis. 

 ' The lectures which were opened by His Grace the 

 Archbishop of Dublin, were attended by an average class 

 of five hundred persons — the course was of necessity 

 suspended owing to the occupation of the premises of the 

 Royal Dublin Society by a military party. 



"The number of members and subscribers who have 

 rejoined, or been enrolled, during the past year exceeds the 

 number of those who have resigned or been struck off for 

 being in arrear. The list so corrected for 1848 contains 

 116 life members, 266 annual members, and 62 subscribers, 

 making a total of 434. 96 subscriptions remain to be 

 collected. 



" The following is a return of admissions to this date, 

 2nd May :— 



Free ... ... 2,998 



At Id. ... ... 51,634 



At 3d. ... ... 1,611 



At 6d. ... ... 8,771 



At Is. ... ... 703 



At Is. 3d. ... ... 85 



At 2s. 6d. ... ... 365 



Total ... 66,167 



