The sum of £24,651 4s. 3d. was required for the ordi- 

 nary expenditure of the year. The extraordinary expen- 

 diture during the same period amounted to £1036 Is. 5d. 

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

 account of their mortgage on the Society's House and 

 Premises. This left a balance at the Society's Bankers, 

 on the 31st of December last, of £1203 3s. 4d., which 

 was carried forward for the benefit of the present year. 



The subjoined Table contains the payments made in 

 1881 and the comparative amounts paid in 1880. The 

 Council may point out that the total expenditure was less 

 than the total Income by £123. 



Comparison of Payments in 1880 and 1881. 



The ordinary expenditure of the Society was thus less 

 by £102 5s. 2d. than that of the previous year. The 

 extraordinary expenditure (which it was thought proper to 

 restrict within narrower limits than usual^ on account of 



