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in some way to distinguish the sum that may with probabiUty 

 be received. 



The increased value of the Collection of Animals, and the 

 substantial and commodious Buildings before referred to, 

 must of course be considered in the light of valuable assets, 

 the amount of which, estimated as in the Auditors' Report of 

 1848, in connection with the Money in the Public Funds 

 and at the Banker's, will show as nearly as possible the pro- 

 bable value of the whole of the Property of the Society and 

 the ratio at which it is increasing. 



Cost of £5000 Reduced 3 per Cents 



Cash at the Banker's 



Living Collection (as valued by the Secre- " 

 tary), say j 



Preserved Collection (in 1840 valued at' 

 £11,000), say 



Library and Publications, say 



Buildings and Works connected, say 



Increase in four years. 



Dec. 31, 1848. 



£ s. d. 



4,476 7 10 



265 10 7 



8,000 



5,000 



1,500 



30,000 



49,241 18 5 

 19,111 2 11 



68,353 1 4 



Dec. 31, 1852. 



£ s. d. 



4,472 19 4 



280 2 



18,000 



5,000 



1,800 



38,800 



68,353 1 4 



68,353 1 4 



Looking to the Income of the last year, the Committee feel 

 it will be but prudent that the expenditure of the current year 

 should be confined to those objects which are strictly neces- 

 sary for the efficient carrying out of the principles of the 

 Society ; and they trust that by decreasing the Extraordinary 

 Expenditure, and continuing the attractions and uses of the 

 Gardens, they may find themselves at the end of the present 

 year in as prosperous a financial condition as they did at the 

 close of 1850. 



