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INCOME. 



The foregoing abstract of the Income for the year 1839, 

 when compared with that of the preceding year, will ex- 

 hibit a decrease ; the falling off in the Receipts under the 

 important head of " Admissions to Gardens" amounting to 

 £635 145. This may, no doubt, be mainly attributed to the 

 very inclement spring, and to the wet summer and autumn of 

 the past year. Under the several heads of " Admission Fees," 

 of "Annual Subscriptions," and of " Compositions," there is 

 also a decrease, amounting together to £386 155.; this may 

 depend upon the cause stated above, or it may arise from a 

 mere fluctuation in the number of the members. There is 

 also a decrease in the amount actually received for " Ivory 

 Tickets," but this appears to be owing to the alteration of the 

 period at which the Subscriptions became due, and not to any 

 material diminution of them. Under the head of " Garden 

 Sales" the sum of £224- 2s. appears to have been received, the 

 produce of the sale of some duplicates, but principally of the 

 young of a few species of Quadrupeds and Birds bred at the 

 Gardens. Your Committee express a hope that this success, 

 limited as it may seem, will serve as an encouragement to 

 prosecute with renewed exertions this interesting object of the 

 Society. 



Your Committee observe with regret that the arrears of 

 Subscriptions on the 31st of December 1839, amount to £713 

 for the year 1839, and £203 for 1838, and they take this op- 

 portunity of suggesting to their fellow Members the advantage 

 which accrues to the Society by the payment of the Subscrip- 

 tions through their respective bankers on the first of every 

 January, to Messrs. Drummonds, the Society's Bankers ; a 

 mode which at the same time promotes the benefit of the So- 

 ciety as well as the convenience of its Members. 



EXPENDITURE. 



The foregoing Statement will also show that the Expenditure 

 of the past year exceeds the amount of Income by the sum 

 of £206 Is. 3d., which added to £35 85. lid, loss by the sale 

 of the Exchequer Bills purchased during the year, makes a 



