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Compared with the last year, the Auditors observe with 
satisfaction an increase of the number of Fellows and of 
Entrances to the Gardens, while further inducements to 
Visitors are furnished by an increased number of Animals 
in the Menagerie. ; 
They further congratulate the Society on the improved 
state of the Finances, the Receipts exceeding those of the 
last corresponding period, while the Payments are much less 
than the sum expended during the previous year. 
The Committee of Auditors beg to call the attention of the 
Fellows of the Zoological Society to the very handsome legacy 
left by the late Alfred Davis, Esq., F.Z.S.; and while express- 
ing their thorough approval of the manner in which the pro- 
ceeds have been invested, they beg most respectfully to re- 
commend that a like course be taken as regards sums here- 
after to be received from Compounders for life. 
The Auditors feel satisfied with the present position, and 
have confidence in the future prospects of the Zoological 
Society. 
In concluding their Report, they beg to express their ex- 
treme approval and thorough satisfaction with the admirably’ 
clear and accurate manner in which the accounts have been 
arranged and laid before them by the Society’s accountant 
Mr. Leigh. 
Epw. GREENAWAY. 
Epwarp JOHNSTONE. 
JAMES TENNANT. 
J. K. SMyruiegs. 
W. B. TEGETMEIER. 
J. KpMunpD Hartinea. 
AuLEx. NowELL SHERSON. 
11 Hanover Square, 
February 24, 1871. 
