Eeceips, 1887. 



Payments, 1887. 



£ s. 



Expenditure paid in the year 25,135 10 



Eepayment of Mortgage-debt 1,U00 



Balance, carried over to 18d8 1,158 1 



£ s. d. 

 Balance brought from December 



31,1886 1,190 15 8 



Income received in 1887 23.102 15 6 



Temporary Loan from Bankers ... 3,000 



27,293 11 2 



c. Assets and Liabilities. 



The Assets and Liabilities of the Society on December 

 31, 1887, were estimated as follows: — 



ASSETS. 



£ 



Animals ia the Menagerie in the Eegent's Park 25,902 



Books in the Library at Hanover Square 13,7(54 



Unsold Publications 3,U.jS 



Stock of the Zoological Eecord 1,000 



Freehold Premises 25,000 



Cost of £1,900 London and South-Western Railway New 



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



Cash at the Bankers' (Messi-s. Drummond) 1,158 



Arrears considered good : — £ s. d. 



Rent for Eefreshment Rooms 57 3 4 



Rent for Freehold Premises 88 15 



GardenSales 71 8 10 



Annual Subscriptions 114 



Publication Sales 133 9 9 



Zoological Record Sales 27 10 



492 



6 11 



27,293 11 2 



£72,312 17 5 



LIABILITIES. 



Rent and Taxes mipaid : — £ s. d, £ s. d. 



For the Gardens, say 2(56 7 (5 



„ Office, say 4(5 6 



312 12 6 



Bills, &c., estimated at : — 



For the Gardens, say 1,273 7 9 



„ Office, say 755 10 7 



2,028 18 4 



Messrs. Drummond, Temporary Loan 3,000 



Messrs. Drummond, Mortgage Debt 8,000 



1-13,341 10 10 



