EXPENDITURE. 



In the Ordinary Expenditure there is an increase of 

 £147 6s. 3d., resulting principally from the cost of Prepa- 

 rations for the Museum, and the removal of the Subjects to 

 the new building. There is likewise an increase of £410 

 for the purchase of Animals beyond that expended in 1843: 

 this outlay the Auditors greatly approve, and strongly re- 

 commend that no opportunity should be omitted of pro- 

 curing new and interesting Animals, particularly the larger 

 class of Carnivora, which seem to be the most attractive of 

 the present Collection, and of making more known to the 

 Public all such fresh acquisitions. 



LIABILITIES. 



The estimated LiabiHties amount to £2395 lO^. 7c?., being 

 a decrease of nearly £1000 compared with the previous 

 year ; against which, however, the Accounts show a balance 

 in hand of £997 6s. 



ASSETS. 



The Assets have been diminished by a further sale of 

 £3000 three per cents. This sum, together with the amount 

 realized by the former sales of Stock, have been required to 

 meet the extraordinary expenditure incurred during the last 

 two years, in building the Museum, and in constructing the 

 Terrace and the new Carnivora Dens ; as also in putting 

 into general repair nearly the whole of the buildings in the 

 Gardens. 



The Society must bear in mind, that though their funded 

 Capital, estimated at its cost price, is only £7671 4*. 7c?., 

 yet the present actual value is above £9000. 



Had not the Auditors been cognizant, from referring to 

 the Minutes of Council, of the searching investigation into 

 the expenditure of every Department recently instituted 

 by that body, and of the system of retrenchment already 

 adopted, they should have felt it their duty to have called 

 the attention of the Society to that important object. 



