c. Assets and Liabilities. 



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

 ber 1857 amounted to — 



£ s. d. 

 Cash at the Bankers ...... it)3l 7 



Cost of £3000 Red. 3 per Cents . . 2628 19 10 



3660 6 10 

 The Liabilities at the same period amounted to 919 4 2 



Leaving a Cash Balance in favour of the So- 

 ciety of • • 2741 2 8 



The Balance at the Bankers on the 31st of December 

 was £1031 7s., the Total Liabilities at the same period 

 being £919 4*. 2c?. The Assets presented an increase of 

 £608 lis. lOd., and the Liabilities presented a decrease 

 of £2043 15*. 8d., as compared with the same day of the 

 preceding year, showing an improvement of no less than 

 £2652 7s. 6d. in the financial position of the Society. 



IL PUBLICATIONS. 



The Illustrated Volumes of the Proceedings for 1855 

 and 1S56 have been issued since the last Anniversary ; the 

 Volume for 1857, containing eight Plates of Mammalia, 

 nine of Birds, one of Fish, three of Mollusca, five of 

 Annulosa, and four of Radiata, is now ready for delivery. 



The letter-press of the Proceedings of the current year 

 is completed up to the end of March, and the First Part 

 of the Illustrated Edition, containing nine coloured, and 

 one plain Plate, will be ready for delivery on the 1st of 

 May. 



The Second Part, containing the papers which shall have 

 been read up to the last meeting in July, will be published 

 on the 1st of September, and the last part on the 1st of 

 February 1859. The volume will contain at least thirty 

 Plates, the majority of which will be coloured in the most 

 careful manner. 



The Illustrated Edition has now extended to Ten Vo- 

 lumes, and contains three hundred and two Plates, divided 

 into the following series. 



