8 
any unfavourable state of circumstances arrive which might 
render it advisable to decrease the expenditure. The par- 
ticular manner in which this sum of £3980 10s. 7d. was 
expended will be further alluded to when the Council come 
to speak of the Society’s Garden Establishment. 
c. Assets and Liabilities. 
The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of Decem- 
ber 1861 amounted to— 
= Tl 8 rT 
Cash at the Banker's. °: 2: } 0). S465 a0 
Cost of £6000 Red. 3 per Cents. . . 5513 19 10 
6360 4 10 
The Liabilities at the same period were esti- 
A et ie i fine occ sneer 
Leaving a Cash Balance in favour of the So- 
CIEL Vg Di letesageicteeshieect at el. Sh ki | te aa 
The sums due to the Society for arrears 
on the 21st of December were estimated as 
follows :— 
Annual Subseriptions . . 254 0 
Ivory Tickets. . - . « 23 2 
Transactions . ... . 54 8 
Proceedings . . . . «244 3 
Garden Sales. . . . « 246 13 
WTAARAOOR 
ternal’ wltenen 
Making a Total Balance in favour of the 
DOCIELY OF sno e, St ste wee te, SOROS Te 
without taking into account the value of the Society’s col- 
lection of living animals, estimated at upwards of £17,000. 
II. PUBLICATIONS. 
In their Report presented to the last Anniversary Meet- 
ing, the Council announced the commencement, by the re- 
commendation of the Committee of Publication, of a New 
