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The Committee of Auditors have much pleasure in aliuding 
to the large increase of Income as shown by the foregoing 
statement; the Receipts being £1669 more than in the pre- 
vious year, and £2180 above the average of the last five years. 
This amount has been exceeded only five times, including 
the Exhibition year, during the thirty-five years which have 
elapsed since the Society was established. 
Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather 
during the past season, such indeed as has hardly been pre- 
valent during any previous year of the Society’s existence, 
the Receipts at the Gardens amounted to £10,055, being 
£665 more than the preceding year, and £1073 over the 
average of the last five years. 
It is very satisfactory to observe that the number of Mem- 
bers added to the list of the Society during the year was 98, 
showing an increase of 15 over the preceding year, and of 24 
over the average of the last five years. 
A corresponding increase has also occurred in the Compo- 
sitions, which have amounted to no less than £840. This 
amount surpasses that of the previous year by £150, and is 
£412 more than the average sum received in the same way 
during each of the last five years. In fact, looking to all the 
heads of Income, but three instances occur in which an in- 
crease has not taken place ; and the amount of decrease, under 
these three heads together, is only £50 7s. 11d. 
The Payments in 1860, including the arrears of 1859, were 
less than the actual receipts by the sum of £914 3s. 
The anticipation of a surplus at the close of the year, and 
the favourable state of the Balance at the Banker’s, induced 
the Council, in February 1860, to purchase £1000 Reduced 
3 per Cents, which addition increased the Funded property 
of the Society to £6000. 
The Liabilities on the 31st of December were estimated at 
£1380, and the Balance at the Banker’s, on the same day, 
was £1748 7s. 9d. 
The manner in which the Income has increased is, on every 
account, a subject of congratulation and satisfaction. The 
admissions to the Gardens and the large number of Com- 
pounders show an increased interest in the Society among all 
classes of persons, whilst the very large sum derived from the 
sale of duplicate animals gives reason to believe that the 
objects pursued by the Society are warmly appreciated in all 
parts of the country. 
