with 1849 and 1850, is further shown in the following 

 statement : — 



b. Expenditure. 



The expenditure of the year 1851 under the ordinary 

 heads amounted to £16,118. 6*. The receipts having 

 amounted to £26,452. 19.?. l\d., left a surplus of £lO,.334. 

 13*. lie?., which was applied in the following manner: — 



£4904 was invested in Government Securities. 



£3143 was devoted to an increased expenditure in 

 permanent Buildings. 



£2089 in an increased expenditure in Animals. 

 And the remaining £198 to increased amount of Advertise- 

 ments. 



Making deduction of the above sums, the ordinary ex- 

 penditure of the Society, incident to the enlarged state of 

 the Collection and Establishment, has only been increased 

 by £4883 3*. 6d., or less than one-half the amount of the 

 increased receipts. 



The principal item under the head of The Cost of 

 Animals, and their Carriage, which amounted to 

 £4066 8*. ']d., is the price of the Elephant and Calf, which 

 were purchased at the commencement of the summer. The 

 extreme interest created by the possession of so young a 

 specimen of this great Pachyderm has fully justified the 

 decision of the Council by which it became the property of 

 the Society. 



The dispersion of the great Collection at Knowsley 

 afforded an opportunity of obtaining so many important 

 species, that the Council would have failed in their duty 

 had they not availed themselves of it. Their selection 

 was necessarily limited by the means of accommodation 

 possessed by the Society j and they believe that the acqui- 



