6 



eluding therein the exceptional year 1876, having been 

 only £27,350. 



The following Table gives a comparison of the various 

 heads of Income of 1878 with those of the preceding 

 year : — 



Admission Fees : — 



Past 



Present 



Annual Subscriptions : — 



Past 



Present 



Future 



Compositions 



iTory Tickets 



Admissions to Gardens 



Garden Sales 



Rent for Refresliment-rooms ... 

 Eent for Premises in Oxford 



Street 



Publications 



Dividends 



Miscellaneous 



Decrease 



1877. 



£ s. d. 



85 

 955 



54 



6,654 3 



92 



1,260 



43 12 



18,765 5 6 



£05 15 1 



1,051 



74 1 3 



981 17 5 



464 3 2 



2 4 9 



30,988 2 2 



30,9 



1878. 



Increase. 



£ a. d.\ £ e. d. 

 110 25 

 705 



33 



6,620 5 



81 



840 



64 13 



16,516 6 



746 6 3 



963 8 4 



21 X 



Decrease. 



£ e. d. 



250 



21 



33 18 



11 



420 



240 11 2 



225 18 9 



300 



887 18 



64 18 11 



11 11 5 9 6 



27,944 6 11 

 3,043 15 3 



2,248 19 6 

 ""87 ii 8 



93 19 5 

 399 4 3 



521 17 7 

 Ded. Incr. 



3,565 12 10 

 621 17 7 



2 2 30,988 2 2' 3,043 15 3 



After adding to the Receipts for 1878 the balance of 

 £1100 19s. 8d. carried over from 1877, it will be found 

 that a total sum of £29,045 6*. 7d. was available for the 

 expenditure of 1878. 



b. Expenditure. 



This amount was disposed of in the following manner: — 

 The sum of £25,048 Is. 6d. was required for the ordi- 

 nary expenditure of the year. The extraordinary expen- 

 diture during the same period amounted to £2218 14s. 3d. 

 The sum of £1000 was paid to Messrs. Drummond on 

 account of their mortgage on the Society's House and 

 Premises. The small sum of £23 15s. lid. was required 

 to carry out a change in the investment of the Davis- 

 fund, as hereinafter mentioned. This left a balance at 

 the Society's Bankers, on the 31st of December last, 

 of £754 14s. 11^., which was carried forward for the 

 benefit of the present year. 



The subjoined Table gives the various items of expen- 



