The amount paid for the freehold of the Society's 

 premises (No. 11 Hanover Square and No. .314^ Oxford 

 Street) was £22,225. To this amount must be added the 

 value of the lease of the Hanover-Square portion held by 

 the Society, which, at the time of the purchase, was esti- 

 mated to be £1500, making the total value of the freehold 

 at the date of the purchase £23,725. To this sum, in 

 order to arrive at the total value of the freehold, an addi- 

 tion (of £225) is made annually in respect of the increas- 

 ing value of the premises in Oxford Street, the lease of 

 which will run out altogether about 2 years hence. 



II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Square. 

 1. Extension of Premises. 



The pressing want of further accommodation in the Li- 

 brary, which is much resorted to by such members of the 

 Society as are working in different departments of Zoo- 

 logy, has been more than once adverted to in previous 

 Reports. The freehold of the Society's House having been 

 acquired by the Society, there remained no objection to 

 spending money on its improvement. The Council ac- 

 cordingly entered into a contract with Messrs. Aldin and 



