8 



amounted in 1885 to £24,593 lis. 8d. against £26,539 

 4s. Id. in 1884. Tiie Extraordinary Expenditure in 1884 

 was limited to the sum of £491 Os. 6d., of which the par- 

 ticulars are subjoined. 



Extraordinary Exjjenditure paid in 1885. 



£ s. d. 



Balance due on new Offices, No. 3 Hanover Square 175 5 5 



New Sheep-sheds in Grardens 257 5 1 



Dens for Small Cats' -house in Gardens 58 10 



i;491 6 



c. Assets and Liabilities. 



The Assets and LiabiHties of the Society on December 

 31, 1885, were estimated as follows: — 



ASSETS. 



£ s. d. 



Animals in the Menagerie in the Kegent's Park 21 ,630 



Books in the Library at Hanover Square 12,884 



Unsold Publications 2,500 



Freehold Premises 25,000 



Cost of £'1,900 London and South-Western Eailvcay New 4 



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



Cash at the Bankers' (Messrs. Drummond) 972 8 1 



Arrears considered good : — £ s. d. 



Annual Subscriptions 82 



Ivory Tickets 4 4 



Publication Sales 115 7 6 



Garden Sales 139 18 3 



Eent for Refreshment Rooms 35 13 4 



Rent for Freehold Premises 63 15 



440 18 1 



£65,365 15 8 



LIABILITIES. 



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



For the Gardens, say 404 19 7 



„ Office, say 50 10 3 



455 9 10 



Bills, &c., estimated at : — 



For the Gardens, say 928 8 



Office, say 610 3 11 



1,538 11 11 



Drummond, Mortgage Debt 10,000 



£11,994 1 9 



