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year 1883, and a decrease of £5558 13s. lOd. in extra- 

 ordinary payments as compared with those of the pre- 

 vious year. 



The extraordinary expenditure of 1884 (£7306 14s. 4d.) 

 consisted entirely of payments on account of the New 

 Offices. The balance due under this head was wholly 

 paid off in 1884, with the exception of a small unsettled 

 claim of about £75. So soon as this has been liquidated, 

 this account will be finally closed. 



c. Assets and Liabilities. 



The Assets and Liabilities of the Society on December 

 31, 1884, were estimated as follows : — 



ASSETS. 



£ s. d. 



Animals in tlie Menagerie in the Eegent's Park 21 ,630 



Books in the Library at Hanover Square 12,000 



Unsold Publications 2,500 



Freehold Premises 25,000 



Cost of il,900 London and South-Western Railway New 4 



per cent. Preference Stock (Davis Trust Fund) 1,938 9 6 



Cash at the Bankers ' (Messrs, Drummond) 1 ,247 10 2 



Arrears considered good : — £ s. d. 



Annual Subscriptions 128 



Ivory Tickets 5 5 



Pubheation Sales 153 13 5 



Garden Sales 131 8 3 



Rent for Refreshment Rooms 73 8 



Rent for Freehold Premises 62 10 



554 3 4 



£64,870 3 



LIABILITIES. 



Rent and Taxes unpaid : — £ s. d. £ s. d. 



For the Gardens, say 185 14 3 



Office, say 32 16 3 



218 10 6 



Bills, &e., estimated at : — 



For the Gardens, say 1,227 10 6 



Office, say 416 7 1 



1,643 17 7 



Messrs, Drummond, Mortgage Debt 11,000 



£12,862 8 1 



