Abstract of Receipts and Payments, 1884. 



The next Table contains the various particulars of the 

 expenditure of 1884, and a comparison of each of them 

 with the corresponding amounts paid in the previous 

 year : — 



Expenditure of 



Increase. 



Arrears of previous years 



Rent, Rates, Taxes, and Insurance . 



Salaries, Wages, and Pensions 



Provisions 



Cost and Carriage of Animals 



Menagerie Expenses 



Keepers' Dresses 



Works, Materials, &e 



Buildings 



Garden Expenses 



Advertisements 



Band Expenses 



House and Office Exiiensea 



Stationery and Account Books 



Printing (Miscellaneous) 



Publications 



Library Expenses 



Returned Subscriptions 



Cost of Medals 



Law Ex^^ensps 



Zoological Lectures ( Davis Bequest) 

 Interest on Mortgage Debt 



1883. 



Decrease 



£ 



1,486 



1,154 



5,400 



4,303 



1,242 



3,052 



139 



3,672 



12,10t> 



822 



208 



261 



612 



72 



401 



2,026 



489 



58 



8. d. 



12 10 



19 11 



6 



10 10 



3 4 

 15 2 



4 



1884. 



19 10 

 10 8 

 9 6 

 8 1 

 19 5 

 16 



50 17 9 



74 10 



402 11 7 



£ 



4,479 



1,400 



5,918 



4,338 



1,424 



3,118 



157 



2,667 



4,766 



960 



210 



213 



S03 



64 



475 



1,597 



674 



34 



«. d. 





 13 



5 

 10 



3 

 19 7 



17 



18 2 



81 

 449 



11 



2 3 



2 5 



10 6 



18 6 



13 6 



18 



10 



38,040 8 2 33,845 18 5 

 4,194 9 



38,040 



38,040 8 



Ordinary Payments i25 175 



Extraordinary ditto !l2'865 8 2 



38,040 8 2 



£ a. d. 



2,992 7 3 



245 13 6 



518 4 8 



34 19 7 



182 2 



66 4 5 



18 13 



Decrease. 



£ a. d. 



7 8 

 46 18 5 



1.004 3 2 

 7,340 5 5 



48 3 



""s i) ii 



"429 5 "io 



"24'"5 "e 

 ....^^...^....^ 



4,706 IS 4 1 8,901 8 1 

 Ded. Incr. 4,706 18 4 



4,194 9 9 



26,539 4 1 

 7,306 14 4 



33,845 18 5 



1,364 4 1 



5,558 13 10 



4,194 9 9 



The result shows that there was an increase of £1364 

 4*. \d. in the ordinary payments of 1884, owing to the 

 unusual amount of bills left outstanding at the end of the 



