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House and Office Expenses. 



There is a further small reduction in the House and 

 Office Expenses of £22 3*. 10c?. 



Against these reductions must be placed increases of 

 expenditui-e under the head of " Promenade Expenses " to 

 the amount of £120 5^. 7^., and "Works and Repairs," 

 £882 I2s. 6d. 



Promenades. 



To the first of these increases the particular attention of 

 the Auditors has been drawn, inasmuch as there appears 

 to have been a considerable annual progressive increase 

 since the first experiment of the Promenades was tried, the 

 expense having been as follows, viz. : — ■ 



£ 

 In 1844 ... 56 

 In 1845 ... 213 

 In 1846 ... 333 



the latter amount certainly appearing to be large. It must 

 not however be forgotten that this expenditure was almost 

 entirely reimbursed by the sums received for " Admissions 

 to the Promenades," which amounted to £326 Ss. 6d., 

 leaving a deficit of only £7 9s. The Auditors, however, 

 are fully impressed with the conviction that these Pro- 

 menades are beneficial to the interests of the Society, and 

 are calculated not only permanently to retain the present 

 Members, but to induce new Members to join the Society, 

 and the Auditors feel that the expenses necessary to their 

 being effectively carried out must be left entirely to the 

 judgement and able management of the Council. 



Works and Repairs. 



The Auditors have not failed to investigate the large 

 expenditure which has been incurred under the head of 

 *' Works and Repairs," and it has been satisfactory to them 

 to find that the principal items of that expenditure have 

 not only been of an essentially useful nature, but are such 

 as will not occur again. They are as follows, viz. : — 



Drains 



Dromedary House and Yard 

 Cages for small Quadrupeds 

 New Water Closets . . . 



