entitled him to this particular mark of its gratitude. The pre- 

 sent number of Honorary Members is 10. 



Finaiice. 



The Finances of the Society continue to present a prosper- 

 ous and encouraging aspect, and it is worthy of remark that 

 the support received from Members during the past year was 

 nearly equal in amount to the sum received from the public 

 ■Visitors, exceeding that of the previous year by £790. 8s. The 

 sum received from the former, on account of Subscriptions, 

 Compositions, Fees &c., being £8800. 7s. 6rf., and from the 

 latter for admissions to the Gardens, £9463. 2s. ; this is an im- 

 portant circumstance, as it exhibits an increase in the more 

 permanent source of Income. 



The total income of the year 1836 amounted to £19,12.'? 

 14-s. \0d., being greater than that of any previous year by the 

 sum of £1560. 18s., and it exceeded that of 1835 by the sum 

 of £3090. 12s. 'id. 



The expenditure paid in the year 1836 amounted ta 

 £19,637. 3s. 6d., of which sum £5150 may be regarded as an 

 extraordinary outlay, viz. 



£2400 on account of the Giraffes, 



£750 „ „ Building for ditto, 

 £2000 „ „ Museum. 



The necessity of this unusually large expenditure is thus 

 shown to have been occasioned, in a considerable degree, by 

 the importation of the Giraffes, and by the establishment of 

 a Museum in which to deposit and exhibit the valuable and 

 rapidly increasing Preserved Collections of the Society. 



The following comparison of the available assets at the end 

 of the years 1835 and 1836 will demonstrate the highly grati- 

 fying fact, that notwithstanding the heavy demand made on 

 the Funds in 1836, the property of the Society at the end of 

 last year was only reduced by the sum of £1099. 7s. 3rf., and 

 in that sum is included £585. IBs. Id., the amount paid during. 



