ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND. 



The Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Society was held in 

 the Board-room of the Koyal Dublin Society, on the 8th May, 

 1855, 



Viscount Powerscourt in the Chair. 



The Eev. Dr. Haughton, one of the Honorary Secretaries, 

 read the following 



eport 0f (tonril. 



Your Council b?g leave to lay the following Report 

 for the year ending 1st May, 1865, before the Mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



The visiters to the Gardens during the past year 

 amounted to 136,786 persons, showing a considerable 

 increase in numbers, as compared with the visiters of 

 the preceding year. 



These visiters, and their money value to your 

 Society may be classified as follows : — 



Total, £1,015 3 136,787 



If the history of the Society be divided into three 

 periods, viz., from 1832 to 1840, from 1841 to 1854, 



