The whole sum sold out is more than represented by 

 the permanent Buildings which have been erected in 

 1854. 



Feeling, however, the desirableness of maintaining a 

 sufficient reserve fund to meet possible contingencies, the 

 Council, in arranging the expenditure of the current year, 

 have determined to reinvest the sum sold out during 1854, 

 before any further works are executed. 



They have pleasure in stating that the income received 

 up to this time amounts to one-fourth of their estimate 

 for the year, while the expenditure, notwithstanding the 

 high price of provision, falls below their estimate, without 

 in any way diminishing the attraction of the establish- 

 ment, which they consider as vitally important to the 

 existence of the Society and the prosecution of its objects. 

 The Extraordinary Expenditure for Permanent 

 Buildings, Works, and Improvements, includes the follow- 

 ing works : — 



Hippopotamus House. 

 Glass Screen for Lions' Dens. 

 Additional Fittings of the Aquavivarium. 

 Refreshment Stall. 



Repair and Improvement of the Monkey House. 

 Anteater's House. 

 Green House. 



New Roads and Drainage, and some minor works, 

 amounting in all to no more than £2593 9s. 5d. 

 The Ordinary Expenditure : — 



1. The Expenditure for the Purchase and Carriage of 

 Animals amounted to £1924 \9s. 4d. The most import- 

 ant item in this branch of expenditure is the cost incurred 

 in transporting from Cairo the fine female Hippopotamus, 

 which was presented to the Society by His Highness the 

 late Viceroy of Egypt, at the solicitation of the Hon. C. A. 

 Murray and the Hon. F. C. Bruce, Her Majesty's Consul- 

 General in that country. The experience acquired in 1850 

 rendered this a comparatively easy undertaking ; and the 

 Council have again to express their thanks to the Directors 

 of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 

 for their liberality and care in giving facilities for the safe 

 conduct of this valuable animal. 



2. The Menagerie Expenses amounted to £l307 Os. 3d. 

 Coals, Straw, and Sea-water have proved the heaviest items 

 under this head, which includes a considerable amount of 



