The Annual Meeting of the Members of the Society 
for the election of Officers and Council, and other 
business, was held in the King and Queen’s College 
of Physicians, on Tuesday, the 25th January, at Four 
o'clock, P.M. 
REPORT OF COUNCIL. 
During the year 1886, the number of Visitors to the 
Gardens, and the receipts at the entrance gate, were as 
follows :— 
ADMISsIons In 1885. ADMISSIONS IN 1886. 
Members 8,786 7,006 
Public Institutions 3,414 - 2,053 
Visitors’ Tickets 309 252 
SEs ae aa | Sy sede 
Visitors at 2 6 114 Tb abe 1f0) SsO.@ios. 7 10:0 
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Wo Onl 6. 9,600. —241 (8 Ol ‘8878 Ph a a) 
ee 3! S} 3401 42 10 3) 3,067 88 6 9 
Schools ,,0 3 : ba ac? 
Visitors ,, 0 2 53,193 443 17 9} 50,829 HO ae 
Dome ., Ov. 1. 22,713 94.18 4/ 12,947 Doml gale 
110,687 £1,291 15 4/ 92,809 £1,132 13 2 
The total number of Visitors and receipts at gate 
during the past ten years have been, as follows :— 
Year. Visitors. Receipts. 
1877 102,416 £1,367 4 10 
1878 110,173 1,494 3 4 
1879 103,155 1,298) § 1-5 
1880 112,727 1,353 19 9 
1881 120,787 1,439 14 5 
1882 125,598 1,611 i8 10 
1883 105,479 1.447 7 8 
1884 114,845 15609 hilen & 
1885 110,687 1,291 15 4 
1886 92,809 1,132 13 2 
