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speedily arranged, and the entire pond enclosed within 

 the Garden fence. That such enclosure would not form 

 an unsightly obstruction to the view from the park is now 

 admitted: and that it would enable the Society greatly to 

 increase to the public the attractions of the Gardens, may 

 readily be shown. The grant of the additional ground 

 would, therefore, be a boon fully as great to the public as 

 to the Society. On this subject the Council may be per- 

 mitted to quote the following extract from a Report 

 drawn up in 1832 by Mr. Decimus Burton, on the first 

 establishment of these Gardens, viz. : 



" It will also be obvious, that to render the water of 

 practical benefit to the Society, it should be enclosed 

 within the boundary. The best mode of attaining this 

 object would be for the Society to obtain, if possible, a 

 grant of the opposite bank, extending to the road which 

 leads to the Viceregal Lodge. This also would be desirable 

 on other points. The land on each bank might then be 

 laid out with plantations, walks, and buildings, designed 

 in such manner as mutually to add to the beauty of the 

 views from either side of the lake, — and certainly the 

 general effect of the valley, as seen from the Park, would 

 be greatly improved. Impressed with the idea that one 

 day or other arrangements will be made by which these 

 extensions of the site will take place, I have been induced 

 to prepare the accompanying design (No. 1), in which 

 they are comprised."— From Report of Decimus Burton, 

 Esq., Surveyor and Architect, 6, Spring-Gardens, London, 

 October 27th, 1832. 



The Council has to lament the loss of one of its 

 members by death during the year. Mr. Thomas 

 W. Warren, an old member of the Society, and for many 

 years a diligent member of Council— died in November 

 last, bequeathing to the Society a valuable collection of 

 British birds (stuffed). As the formation of a museum of 

 stuffed animals forms no part of the plan of the Society, 

 and as there are no means of exhibiting museum objects' 

 at the Gardens, the Council, while accepting the bequest, 

 felt a difficulty in disposing of the collection, so as to 

 carry out the wishes of the donor. On deliberation, they 

 resolved to deposit the specimens in the Royal Dublin 

 Society's Museum, that Society undertaking to receive 

 the collection as a deposit, and to preserve Mr. Warren's 

 name attached to it. This destination appeared to be 



