b. Eapcnditure. 



This amount was disposed of in the following manner: — 

 The sum of £29,002 12s, lid. was required for the ordi- 

 nary and extraordinary expenses of the year; the sum of 

 £2008 6s. 8d. was devoted to the repayment of a tempo- 

 rary loan of £2000, obtained from the Society's Bankers 

 in December 1876, and the sum of £l55 6s. lOd. was 

 invested in the purchase of Stock. After deducting a sum 

 of £l 3s. paid for two powers of attorney by the Bankers, 

 this left a balance of £1100 19*. Sd. to the credit of the 

 Society on the 31st of December last, which was carried 

 over for the benefit of the present year. 



The subjoined Table gives the various items of expen- 

 diture of 1877jand a comparison of each of them with the 

 corresponding amount paid in 1876: — 



Arrears of previous years 



Kent, Hates, Taxes, and Insu- 



Salaries, Wages, and Pensions.. 

 Cost and Carriage of Animals . . 



Provisions 



Menagerie Expenses 



Keepers* Dresses 



Works, Materials, and Bepairs , 



New Buildings 



Garden Expenses 



Band Expenses 



Advertisements 



House and Office Expenses 



Stationery and Account Books.. 



Printing (^Miscellaneous) 



Publications 



Library Exjienses 



Returned Subscriptions 



Cost of Medal 



Grant in aid of Science 



Expenditure of Davis Bequest .. 



Expenditure of 



1876. 



1877. 



£ 



2,596 



970 



5,254 16 



1,967 6 



6,049 9 



2,951 2 



139 5 



3,390 1 



4,289 1 



834 2 



233 14 



219 13 



654 17 



77 15 



457 17 



2,121 



281 13 



33 5 



». d.\ 

 7 



3I 



1 







6 



6 



3 



2 



^1 



01 



0| 



1 



5 



2 



1 







60 



59 4 4 



£ e. d. 

 2,664 11 11 



1,018 



6,408 



1,179 



5,012 



2,972 



132 



3,890 



844 



951 



233 



242 



729 



77 



453 



2,623 



3:i5 



50 



68 



50 



59 



8 3 



3 6 



14 2 

 6 8 



4 7 



12 6 

 3 9 



13 11 



15 3 



13 



7 4 



17 2 



1 2 



5 



5 







1 10 



Decrease . 



31,635 10 11 29,002 12 11 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



£ e. dj 

 68 4 11 



48 8 

 153 7 5 



9 11 



502 17 



53 8 1 



12 



68 5 



1,643 12 2 

 Ded. Iner. 



787 11 10 

 37 2 10 



6 12 9 



10 6 

 ..„..„...^. 



2 6 



4,276 10 2 

 1,643 12 2 



2,632 18 



Of the total expenditure of £29,002 12*. Ud. the por- 

 tion to be attributed to ordinary expenditure was £27,290 

 13s. 7(^-} the remaining sum of £l7ll 19s. 4d. having been 

 devoted to certain special expenses not involved in the 



