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has shown that the practice of submitting to public com- 

 petition superfluous animals is not only impartial toAvards 

 those who are desirous of becoming purchaser^, but advan- 

 tageous also to the Society. 



With the reduction of the stock at the Fai-m the Council 

 have also ordered a reduction of the persons employed there, 

 to be made as soon as their services can be dispensed Vvdth. 



The Coimcil have further ordered a considerable reduc- 

 tion in the extent of land occupied for the Farm. The 

 greater part of it is held, as the Society are aware, imder 

 lease. Regarding the establishment from the commence- 

 ment as one in a great degree experimental, and which it 

 might therefore become desirable to abandon, the Council 

 obtained the insertion in the lease of a clause enabling the 

 Society to determine it at any time on giving twelve months 

 notice. Of this clause they have availed themselves, and 

 the requisite notices have been given, and will expire with 

 Lady-day J 834. 



In conclusion, the Council refer to the 



Report of the Auditors of the Accounts 

 of 1832 for an abstract of the financial proceedings of that 

 year. To the Auditors the Society owe their best thanks, 

 for the diligence with which they have performed their du- 

 ties, both at the close of the year, and as a Committee of 

 Accounts during its progress. The mode in which the 

 Books of Account are kept is deserving of the highest praise, 

 as showing at all times, in a lucid manner, the state of the 

 Society's pecuniary concerns. 



Extract from the Report of the Council to the General 



Meeting, May 2, 1833. 

 In their Report to the Annual General Meeting, the 

 Coimcil abstained from adverting to the benefits for which 

 the Society is indebted to its late Secretary. From his 

 pen, officially employed in the preparation of that Report, 

 the terms in which they must speak of him could not pro- 



