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APPENDIX. 
The public appeal for contributions, to which reference 
has been made on a previous page, included the follow- 
ing paragraphs which explain the circumstances under 
which that appeal was made, It was issued on the 
19th of January, and the list of subscriptions was closed 
on the 6th of April, when the total sum of £347 19s. 
had been collected. The details are printed below. 
“ With the aid of a sum of £300, transferred by the 
Trustees of the late Natural History Society of Dublin, 
this Society has recently built a house for the Herbi- 
vores (Deer and Antelope) which, it is expected, will 
add very much to the attractions of the Gardens. The 
cost of this house, however, exceeds the above amount 
by about £100, and a further expenditure will be 
required to stock it. 
“Owing to bad weather, during the past year, there 
has been a fall in the receipts which, together with 
some exceptional causes of expenditure, such as the 
training of the Elephants, has caused the Society to 
close last year’s accounts with a deficit. Although we 
fully expect to clear off this debt during the course of 
the current year, we can do so only by sacrificing some 
much needed improvements. 
“Under these circumstances the President and Council, 
deeming the time to be inopportune to appeal to the 
Government for aid, decided to ask for assistance from 
the Royal Dublin Society, and in response it has been 
promised, by that Society, a subscription of £100, 
conditionally on an equal amount being raised by 
general subscription.” 
