b. Expenditure. 



The expenditure paid in the year 1853 amounted to 

 £17,121 4*. 5d. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 

 Ordinary Expenditure . . 12,764 5 7 

 Extraordinary Expenditure . 700 



13,464 5 7 



Arrears of 1852 3,656 18 10 



The expenditure actually incurred amounted to an ad- 

 ditional sum of £2005 10*. 8d., of which about 25 per 

 cent, is attributable to Extraordinary branches. 



Taking together both the ordinary and extraordinary 

 branches of expenditure for the year 1853, we have an 

 amount of £15,469 16s. 3d. as the actual cost of the 

 Establishment, conducted with, it is hoped, a not illiberal 

 policy. 



As the gross income of 1 853 amounted to £l 7,508 8s. 6d., 

 it follows that there was an actual surplus of income over 

 expenditure of £2,038 12;?. 3d. 



The Extraordinary Expenditure for Permanent 

 Buildings, Works, and Improvements, includes the follow- 

 ing useful works : — 



1. Fittings of the large Room for Pythons. 



2. Fittings of the adjoining room in which the Anteaters 

 are kept. 



3. The completion of the Aquavivarium, and its internal 

 fittings. 



4. A new Steam-engine and Boiler of 10-horse power. 



5. Lava Paving in the Tunnel, in the Aquavivarium and 

 other buildings. 



6. A Steam Cooking Apparatus, by which considerable 

 ceconomy is effected in the expenditure of provisions. 



The Ordinary Expenditure presents an apparent 

 increase of £779 Is. 9d.; but as this proceeds almost en- 

 tirely from tlie heavy arrears of 1852 having been paid in 

 1853, it is not to be taken as a permanent addition to the 

 scale of the expenses of the Establishment. 



The Expenditure in the Purchase and Carriage of 

 Animals, making together £1674 13s. Id., must be taken 

 as extremely moderate considering the results obtained, 

 and was, in point of fact, more than covered by the amount 

 realized by the sale of Duplicates. 



