time, however, all these reductions are in full operation, and 

 their annual amount is calculated in the annexed table. 



Salaries of 1837, exclusive of Gardener's salary £3548 



Ditto on present reduced scale 2916 



£632 



Garden expenses, including Gardener's salary, 



on an average of years from 1833 to 1837 . 888 

 Ditto by terms of present contract .... 541 



347 



Saved by residence of Superintendent at the 



Gardens 16 



Total Saving £995 



On the other hand, a slight increase of expenditure has 

 arisen from the increased consumption of provisions during 

 the last year. 



Until the death of the two Tigers, the stock of larger Car- 

 nivora was unusually great, and was augmented during the 

 year by the purchase of a Lion, a Leopard, and a Serval. 

 The growth of the larger Elephant has necessitated an in- 

 crease of his food, about 40 per cent, in quantity. 



The Council, after much deliberation and correspondence 

 with the managers of other menageries in England, and on 

 the Continent, endeavoured to reduce this expenditure on 

 the Menagerie by substituting cheaper kinds of food. The 

 effects of this experiment on the health of the animals were 

 not unsatisfactory, but it was attended with many difficulties. 

 At present, though the cheaper mode of feeding is retained 

 on a limited scale, the Council do not expect from it any 

 material saving. 



Before closing this part of their Report, the Council have 

 to state to the Meeting, that in the course of the last summer 

 two memorials were addressed by them to the Lords Com- 

 missioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. The first of these 

 prayed for the general reduction of rent now payable on all 

 the premises held by the Society under the Crown, and it set 

 forth as the ground of petition, the services rendered by this 

 Institution in the promotion of science, and in the diffusion 

 of intellectual enjoyment. The petition of the second mQ- 



