ANNUAL MEETING. 
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 31st of January, at Four 
o'clock, P.M. 
REPORT OF COUNCIL 
During the year 1887, the number of Visitors to the 
Gardens, and the receipts at the entrance gate, were as 
follows :— 
ApMIssIons IN 1886. Apmisstons In 1887. 
Members 7,006 7,297 
Public Institutions 2,053 2,915 
Members’ Tickets 282 153 
Sa de Gis: id: £s. d. 
Visitors at 2 6 30 @5s. 710 0 
Pn taal: 20D T5047 387 Red 0) av462" S73 2e eo 
Po.) 4, 0-6, 1:8,875 221 19 0/10,429 26014 6 
Das 54.0 °3 = 
Schouls ” 0 at 3,067 38 6 9| 3,151 39 7 9 
Visitors ,, 0 2 50,829 423 11 6/45,707 3880 17 10 
Do. ,,0 1 12,947 53 18 11/ 11,243 46 16 11 
92,869 £1,182 13 2)88,357 £1,100 19 0 
The total number of Visitors and receipts at gate 
during the past ten years have been, as follows :— 
Year. Visitors. Receipts. 
1878 110,173 £1,494 3 4 
1879 103,155 1,298 1 5 
1880 112,727 1,353 19° 9 
1881 120,787 1,489 14 5 
1882 125,598 1,611 i8 10 
1883 105,479 1,447 7 3 
1884 114,845 1;619 11 .°3 
1885 110,687 L297 15 4 
1886 92,809 1,132 13 2 
1887 88,357 1,109" 19x :@ 
