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diture of 1878, and a comparison of each of them with the 

 corresponding amount paid in 1877 :-~ 



As will be observed, on reference to the Table, a con- 

 siderable reduction of ordinary expenditure was made in 

 1878, as compared with the preceding year. This was 

 effected partly by taking advantage of the fall of price 

 which has lately taken place in various important articles 

 of the Society's expenditure, such as hay, corn, and coke, 

 and partly by slight economies, which the Council, having 

 in view the decrease of income, thought it right to carry 

 out in various branches of the establishment. 



The total annual sum required to keep up the whole of the 

 Society's establishment in a perfect state of efficiency may, 

 under present circumstances, be put at about £25,000. 



The following were the items of extraordinary expendi- 

 ture paid in 1878 : — 



