The Auditors have again the pleasure of congratulating the 

 Society on the satisfactory state of its finances in 1883, as 

 compared with previous years. Putting out of comparison 

 the abnormally swollen returns of the year 1882, the Admis- 

 sions to the Gardens for the past year show an increase of 

 over £2000 as compared with those of 1881 ; and the 

 Subscriptions and Compositions taken together exhibit no 

 decrease. There is an excess of payments over receipts due 

 to the extraordinary expenditure of nearly £5,600 on the 

 new Offices in Hanover Square and upwards of £6000 on 

 the new Reptile-house. 



The Auditors have to express their satisfaction at the 

 manner in which the Books have been placed before them by 

 Mr. Barrow, the Society's Accountant. 



W. T. Blanford. 



Herbert Druce. 



Charles H. Gtatty. 



James H. Lang. 



Howard Saunders. 



L. C. Stewart, Surgeon-General. 



11 Hanover Square, W. 

 March 3, 1884. 



PRESENTED 



24APR.1S03 



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