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The Auditors have to congratulate the Society upon an in- 

 crease in their general Receipts for the last year of about 

 ,£2000, chiefly owing to the large accession of Fellows : but 

 the Garden Receipts do not show a similar increase ; on the 

 contrary, there appears in the sum received from the visitors, 

 a diminution of afcout £400, which may probably be satisfac- 

 torily accounted for in various ways. 



It appears that the general Expenditure in the year 1833 

 was greater than that in the past year by about £170, notwith- 

 standing the extraordinary cost in the latter year of the ani- 

 mals, particularly the Rhinoceros. 



In this statement of the general Expenditure is not included 

 the sum of £775 145. which has been paid on account of the 

 Well recently sunk at the Garden, and other works connected 

 therewith. In reference to this arrangement the attention of 

 the Auditors has been directed to the following extract from 

 the Minutes of the Council, dated Dec. 3, 1834. 



"It was ordered that as soon as the actual expenditure for 

 the well and works coimected therewith shall have been ascer- 

 tained, the whole expenditure on that account shall be deducted 

 from the amount due to the Investment Fund ; it appearing 

 to the Council that the works in question ought to be re- 

 garded as involving an outlay of Capital for the purpose of 

 diminishing the annual expenses of the Society." 



The Auditors have also the satisfaction of reporting, as a 

 consequence of the improved Receipts of 1834, that the re- 

 serve Fund of the Society has been considerably increased 

 during the past year. 



The labours of the Auditors are much lightened by the 

 very accurate manner in which the books are kept, and 



