The Garden Sales fully maintained the anticipation 

 which had been formed by the Council in respect to this 

 source of Income, and the continued accumulation of du- 

 plicates which have for the most part been bred in the 

 Establishment, has already enabled them to make drafts to 

 the value of upwards of £550 since the commencement of 

 the current year, without in any way impairing the com- 

 pleteness of the Collection. 



b. Expenditure. 



The Expenditure incurred in the year 1856 was 

 £15,003 155. 6d., thus falling within the Income by 

 £276 2s. 2d. 



The difference in favour of Income would have been 

 much more considerable had it not appeared necessary to 

 the Council to execute a considerable work in reference to 

 the water-supply of the Gardens, at a cost of £305 6s., 

 and to devote the unusually large sum of £628 9*. Wd. to 

 the Publications. 



The Ordinary Expenditure is classed under the 

 following heads : — 



1. Purchase and carriage of Animals. 



2. Provisions. 



3. Incidental Menagerie Expenses. 



4. Works and Repairs. 



5. Gardener's Department. 



6. Publications. 



1. The Expenditure paid for the PtjR«HASE and Car- 

 riage of animals amounted to £1149 17*. 2d. But this 

 sum secured to the Society several very important additions 

 which were either entirely new to the Collection or tended 

 materially to improve its character, as will be evident from 

 that section of the Report which treats more particularly 

 of the present state of the Menagerie. 



2. The Expenditure paid for Provisions amounted to 

 £3784 \2s.^d., which is rather below the estimated cost 

 of maintaining so vast an assemblage of Carnivorous and 

 Ruminant Animals as the Society possesses, considering the 

 condition in which the Animals have been kept, and the 

 extraordinary high rate of prices which have prevailed for 

 the last two years. 



