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tember 1, 1831. The following advertisement appeared 



ill the Saunders Newsletter on the morning of tliat 

 day : 



'ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



' The Zoological Garden in the Phcenix Park, under 

 the patronage of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, 

 will be opened for visitors on this day, Thursday, 

 September 1, at nine o'clock in the morning, and 

 will not be closed until a late hour in the day. 



' All persons are to be admitted for sixpence each, 

 and they are to write their names at the gate. 



' A member who has paid his subscription, and two 

 friends coming with him, are admitted free of expense. 



' Members are also allowed to purchase transferalile 

 tickets. 



' The Committee request that visitors may leave 

 their sticks and umbrellas at the gate, and that 

 children may be kept from approaching too near to 

 the bars which confine the animals. 



'J. Pirn, Esq., 41, Dame Street, continues to receive 

 subscriptions and donations. 



' The first day's receipts will be given to the Men- 

 dicity Institution.' 



On January 10, 1833, Mr. Drewett was appointed 

 Superintendent at a salary of £100 a year, with £20 

 per annum for house-rent, until such time as a house 

 could be provided. The Society met on November 19 

 at Hunt's Hotel, Dawson Street, and Dr. Whitley 

 Stokes read the first report of the Committee of 

 Management. It would appear that from the opening 

 of the Gardens, September 1, 1831, up to November 1, 

 1832, 36,497 visitors had paid for admission. The 

 Treasurer's statement gave the following items : 



