In this class the Council have to regret the loss of Mr. J. B. 

 Harvey of Port Lincoln in South Australia, an active and 

 zealous naturalist, to whom the Society are indebted for some 

 rare and valuable collections and observations in several de- 

 partments of Zoology. 



In consequence of complaints made to the Council of the 

 hardships attending the strict interpretation of the regulations 

 for admission to the Gardens and Museum, in cases where 

 husband and wife are both Fellows of the Society, the follow- 

 ing rule has been adopted, and will be acted on in future : — 



" Where husband and wife are both Fellows of the Society, 

 or one a Fellow and the other the holder of an Ivory Ticket, 

 either party may exercise the privilege of both, by signing the 

 name of the other, and admitting the proper number of com- 

 panions, free of charge." 



2. Finances. — a. Income and Expenditure. 



The income of the Society during the year 1843 amounted 

 to the sum of £9137 !*• 6f/., being a decrease of £950 I'Js. Ad, 

 as compared with the preceding season. The Ordinary Ex- 

 penditure during the same period was £8545 5s. 9d., being a 

 decrease of £1018 185. 3 c?. on the year, and affording a balance 

 of £591 155. 9d. in favour of the income. The Extraordinary 

 Expenditure during the past year was to the amount of 

 £4313 10s., on account of the Carnivora Terrace, the Museum 

 Building, and the expensive repairs carrying on at the Gardens 

 and Hanover Square. The funds for this Extraordinary Ex- 

 penditure arose from the sale of Exchequer Bills, and of 

 £2628 15s. Consolidated Three per Cents., part of the £5000 

 voted by the Society at the Special General Meeting held in 

 the Theatre of the Royal Institution on the 8th of July, 1841, 

 and £371 5s. Consolidated Three per Cents, the proceeds of 

 the Museum Fund account. 



The large decrease of £1018 18s. Sd. on the expenditure 

 of the year has been effected without injuring the efficiency 

 of the Society in any department, and the Council will con- 

 tinue to curtail the expenses in every instance where retrench- 

 ment is possible. 



