including Coals, Lighting, Advertising, &c., presents a decrease 

 of £13 135. 2d. 



The payment of j648 8s. for Stationery and Printing, pre- 

 sents a decrease of £17 Os. 6d. 



In the payments for Works, Repaibs and New Build- 

 ings, there is a decrease of £616 4*. 7d. ; but it is to be ob- 

 sei-ved that £627 9s. Sd. belonging to this head remained due 

 on the 3l8t of December, and forms part of the item of 

 £2163 16s. Liabilities of that date, which have now been re- 

 duced to £735 18s. lie?, by payments made in the current 

 year. 



In the payment of £1739 17s. 9d. for Provisions, there 

 is a decrease of £311 16s. 5d. ; but as this sum only includes 

 the consumption of eleven months, the actual amount of 

 saving as compared with 1848 is to be taken at £161. Con- 

 sidering that the average number of animals maintained in 

 the Menagerie during the twelve months ending on the 31st 

 of December, 1849, exceeded the average number of animals 

 in the twelve months ending on the 31st of December, 1848, 

 by no less than 180 head, and that this increase included six 

 young Lions, the Council have reason to congratulate them- 

 selves on having been fortunate enough to avoid a material 

 increase in this branch of the expenditure, notwithstanding 

 the favourable state of the markets. 



The payment of £705 17s. for the Purchase of Animals, 

 has added many beautiful accessions to the Menagerie, and it 

 presents a decrease of £73 18s. 6d, as compared with the 

 payment under this head in 1848. 



It is worthy of notice that the recent liberal expenditure on 

 this, the main and vital feature of the Institution, has not 

 only been rewarded by the re-establishment of the celebrity 

 of the Collection as the finest public Vivarium in Europe, has 

 not only attracted immense crowds of approving Visitors, but 

 has enabled the Council to create a considerable source of 

 Income in the disposal of duplicates, which, while the most 

 desirable specimens have been invariably reserved for the 

 Menagerie, has produced the increase of £409 19s. Id. under 

 the head of " Garden Sales," as shown on the Income side of 

 the Balance-Sheet. The actual condition of the Menagerie 

 seems to indicate that, with moderate success, and a continu- 



