8 



ordinary mainfcnnnce of the Society's establishment^ of 

 uhich the particulars arc as follows : — 



£ s. d. 



New Buildings and Works 1555 1 9 



New plan of the Gardens lOG 17 7 



Grant to Zoological-Record Association 50 



1711 19 4 



As regai'ds the increase of the ordinary expenditure, 

 which in 1877 amounted altogether to £1557 10s. 3c?. 

 more than in 187G, the Council beg leave to point out to 

 the Society that the two principal amounts of excess are 

 under the heads of "Works" (£500 2s. 7d.) and " Pub- 

 lications" (£502 17s.). As regards the first of these it 

 should be explained that an unusually large staff of work- 

 men was retained on the Garden-establishment in the 

 summer and autumn of the past year, occupied partly on 

 painting and repairs, and partly on alterations consequent 

 upon the erection of the new Lion-house, in connexion 

 Avith which the necessary alteration of the levels of the sur- 

 rounding ground caused considerable outlay. Part of this 

 extra staff it has now been thought possible to dispense 

 w ith ; but as the number of buildings and quantity of 

 iron fencing increases year by year, there must of neces- 

 sity ensue an increased cost for their maintenance in an 

 efficient state. The increase in the sum devoted to publi- 

 cations was mainly caused by the number of parts of 

 'Transactions' published. The Council would regret the 

 necessity of restricting expenditure under this head, 

 although, should circumstances arise which would make it 

 expedient, there would be no difficulty in reducing the 

 amount to a considerable extent by not accepting so many 

 memoirs requiring illustration in a quarto form. 



c. Assets and Liabilities. 



The Assets and Liabilities of the Society on the 31st of 

 December 1877 were as follow: — 



