REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
TO THE 
Annual Meeting. 
In reviewing the occurrences of the past year, that are calcu¬ 
lated to affect this Society, the Council are glad to be able to 
notice many of a very gratifying nature; gratifying, because, 
while they shew a steady progress in carrying out the objects of 
the Institution, they exhibit likewise a zeal and munificence on 
the part of some of our members, that not only indicate how 
deeply and justly those objects are appreciated now , but also 
afford us the best assurance of the permanence of our prosperity. 
In the last Report, the Council alluded to certain contem¬ 
plated alterations near the entrance of the Museum Gardens, 
consequent upon the acquisition by the Society of the house 
adjoining the Museum Gates, and their having become the 
tenants of the garden formerly occupied by Miss Yorke. 
These alterations were completed during the spring of the past 
year, but from the difficulty that attended the taking down and 
removal of the gateway and other buildings, and the great 
variation in the levels of the different portions of ground, an 
amount of labour, exceeding what had been anticipated, was 
necessarily expended. The total cost of these alterations, 
including sods, shrubs, gravel, labour and mason’s work, w T as 
£183. 4s. lid., but from this must hereafter he deducted the 
value of the stones, (which formed the Propylseum and Lodge,) 
which still remain in the Society’s hands, no eligible oppor¬ 
tunity of disposing of them having occurred. 
