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 c. Assets and Liabilities. 



The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of De- 

 cember 1855 amounted to — 



Money at Bankers £314 7 3 



Cost of £3000 Red. 3 per Cents .... £2635 2 4 



Subscriptions, 1855 £187 



„ previous years £262 



Ivory Tickets £10 10 



Transactions, sold £20 4 6 



Proceedings £116 14 



Garden Sales £12 5 



Museum Sales £500 



£4058 3 1 

 The Liabilities amounted at the same pe- 

 riod to £2993 13 5 



Leaving in favour of the Society a balance of £1064 9 8 

 exclusive of their valuable Stock, Buildings and General 

 Equipment of the Establishment in the Regent's Park. 



IL PUBLICATIONS. 



During the last twelvemonths Four Volumes of the 

 Illustrated Proceedings have been issued, and that for 

 1855 is in preparation for delivery at an early date. 



III. LIBRARY. 



The usual exchanges with Foreign and other Scientific 

 Societies have continued the serial works already in the 

 Library, and similar communications have been opened 

 with several Societies on the continent not hitherto in 

 correspondence. 



The series of Drawings from subjects in the Vivarium 

 has been continued^ by Mr. Wolf, and the following sub- 

 jects have been added : — 



1. Hippopotamus amphibius. 



2. Cervus humilis. 



3. Falco islandicus. 



4. Galloperdice lunulosa. 



5. Cerastes, n. s. 



