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INCOME. 



From the foregoing abstract it appears that the Income of 

 the Society for 1841, compared with that of 1840, exhibits a 

 decrease of £1120 5*. Gd. The Receipts from the Annual 

 Subscriptions, past and present inclusive, are less than those 

 of the preceding year by £530 18*. Under the head of 

 '^Garden Sales" there is a falling off of £l51 8s. 6d. The 

 Admission Fees and Compositions show a diminution, amount- 

 ing to £410. It is, however, gratifying to be able to report, 

 that the Admissions to the Gardens exhibit an increase on the 

 year of £75 2*. The amount received for Ivory Tickets is 

 £35 I'Js. more than it was last year, the whole sum exceeding 

 by a fraction that obtained from this source in 1839. Your 

 Committee, looking at these two items, consider it fair to 

 conclude that the interest taken by the public in the Collec- 

 tions at the Gardens has not declined. 



EXPENDITURE. 



Your Committee have much pleasure in being able to report, 

 that the Council have during the year made reductions in the 

 Expenditure amounting to £907 25. 1«?., and this independent 

 of a considerable diminution, under this head, which had been 

 effected during the preceding year. A saving has been made 

 in the " Salaries and Wages," amounting to £92 13*. 9d. ; 

 in the expenses for " Stationery and Printing," of £132 ; 

 in the " Cost of Preparations," of £96 7*- ^d. ; and in the 

 '' Transactions,^^ of £95 6s. 9d. ; whilst the charge for 

 " Works ^' is £274 6s. lid. less than it was the preceding 

 year. On the other hand, there is an increase of £148 4*. 3d. 

 in the sum expended in " Provisions," the Collection at the 

 Gardens having contained an unusual number of large ani- 

 mals. The Menagerie Expenses exceed those of last year by 

 £108 4s. 'Jd. ; and for the " Removal of the Museum" there 

 has been an outlay of £252 4s. It is hoped that no other 

 removal will be necessary before the new building for its re- 

 ception has been completed. 



Your Committee, considering the present state of the pro- 

 spects of the Society, and the large encroachment which must 



