£ 



VI 



Expenditure. 



£ 



1,543 Salaries of Secretary and Official Staff 1,586 



140 Pensions to Officials 140 



877 Rent, Lighting, Cleaning, Wages, &C. (say) ...!.!!". 700 



528 Printing and Stationery 450 



179 Postage and Telegrams ! '. ! 200 



329 Miscellaneous 400 



730 Journal ! ! ! 880 



615 Chemieal Department '.'.'.'. 750 



250 Botanical Department !."!.'! 250 



200 Zoological Department ". '. 200 



402 Veterinary Department 400 



195 Examinations for National Diplomas (R.A.S.E. Share) . . . '. 200 



2,500 Contribution from Subscriptions to Show Fund 2,500 



8,488 8,656 



Exceptional Expenditure. 



£ £ 



259 Insurance of Staff — 



383 Tuberculosis Experiment 300 



156 Trials of Potato Baisers — 



— Trials of Seed Drills 150 



71 Plans of Buildimis igr Small Holdings — 



50 Special Grunt to Botanical Committee 50 



25 Library Catalogue and Binding Books 50 



278 Elements of Agriculture— New Edition (balance of cost) 278 



M3 Hills' Beqites' : E.vces'< Expenditure — 



26 Lecture by Professor Biffen — 



9.769 Total Estimated Expenditure 9,484 



£ 



Estimated Receipts 9,320 



Estimated Expenditure 9,484 



22 Estimated Receipts over Expenditure 336 



Turning- to the estimate of receipts and expenditure for the present year, 

 it was estimated that for the year 1912 the receipts from Subscriptions would 

 be 8,15()/.. Interest on Daily "Balances 100/., Interest on Investments L270/.. 

 Sales of Text Book, Pamphlets, &c., ^Wl., giving' a total estimated income of 

 y.820/. The expenditure was estimated as follows :— Salaries of Secretary and 

 Officials, Ij-^SdZ. ; Pensions to Officials, 140?. ; Rent, Lig-hting-, Cleaning-. Wag-es, 

 &c., TOO/. ; Printing- and Stationery, 4.50/. ; Postage and Telegrams, 200/. : 

 Miscellaneous, 400/. ; Journal, 880/., this being- 150/. more than last year, 

 because the Council had decided that in future the Journal should be bound 

 in cloth; Chemical, 7.5ii/., an increa.se again of 150/., owim;' to the addition to 

 Dr. Voelcker's salary, which the Council decided last year should beg-in as 

 from January 1 last; Botanical, 25()/.; Zoological, 200/.; Veterinary, 400/.: 

 Examinations for National Diplomas. 2(10/. ; Conti'ibution from Subscriptions 

 to the Show Fund. 2,500/. The estimated ordinary expenditure for the year 

 would be 8,6.")(;/. 



With regard to exceptional expenditure for the year, they estimated that 

 the Tuberculosis experiment would cost 3(H)/., the Trials of Seed Drills 150/.. 

 Si)ecial Grant to the Botanical Department 5(1/., Library Catalogue and 

 Binding- Books 5it/., and balance of cost of the new '" Elements of Agriculture" 

 278/., g-iving- a total estimated expenditure of 9,484/. The total estimated 

 receipts were 9,820/., the total estimated expenditure 9,484/., g-iving- an esti- 

 mated balance of receipts over expenditure of 3StJ/. 



A suggestion by Mr. May that a note should appear in the balance-sheet 

 explaining- the market value of the Consols standing- in the Society's name at 

 the end of the year 1911 was adopted by the Council. 



