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year 1869. This was effected partly by the carrying out 
of several judicious reforms in the Garden establishment, 
and partly by restricting the amount usually devoted to 
the purchase of new animals, the Gardens at the close 
of the year 1868 having been in some respects rather 
inconveniently over-crowded. The large expenditure of 
the past year was therefore entirely attributable to “ex- 
traordinary expenditure,” of which the following is a 
summary :— 
Extraordinary Expenditure paid in 1869. 
Ea, 
I. New Buildings in the Gardens. 
(1) New refreshment-room . . . . 3221 17 11 
(2) New Elephant-house . . . . 2477 3 6 
(3) New Gazelle-sheds . . . . . 38513 1 
(4) Burning ballast for above new 
works’. 64 fo Ww «sa OOD 
IJ. Other extraordinary items. 
(1) Falkland Islands’ Company . . 19 O O 
(2) New books for keepers’ library . 5 10=0 
£6209 16 6 
It will be observed that nearly the whole of this sum 
was devoted to permanent new buildings in the Society’s 
Garden establishment, concerning which full explanations 
are given in a subsequent section of the Report. 
c. Reserve Fund. 
The Society’s Reserve Fund consists of a sum of £7000 
3 per Cents. Reduced, £3000 of the original amount of 
£10,000 having been sold out to assist in meeting the 
expenditure of the year on new buildings, as already 
mentioned. At the same time, the Council may point 
out that this amount is at the present moment produc- 
ing £6 per cent. instead of £3 per cent., the tenant of 
the refreshment-rooms having undertaken to pay an 
additional rent for the new refreshment-building, equal 
in amount to £6 per cent. upon the outlay caused by its 
‘erection, ( 
