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cipal and interest of a temporary loan effected with the 
Bankers of the Society in December 1870, and the sum of 
£916 5s. Od. was invested in the purchase of £1000 
This left a balance of £1128 
17s. 11d. at the Society’s Bankers on the 31st of December 
last, which was carried forward for the benefit of the pre- 
sent year’s account. 
The subjoined Table gives the various items of expendi- 
ture paid during the year 1871, and a comparison of them 
with the amounts paid under the corresponding heads in 
Reduced 3 per Cents. 
1870 :— 
Comparison of Payments in 1870 and 1871. 
SS SS SS ee SS a eee eee ee ee eee 
Arrears of previous year ... 
Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c....... 
Salaries, Wages, and Pen- 
sions 
Cost and Carriage of Ani- 
mals 
Menagerie Expenses......... 
Keepers’ Dresses 
New Buildings and Works. 
Other Works, Materials, 
and Repairs .........cces0. 
Garden Expenses 
Band Expenses 
’ Advertisements 
Proceedings 
Printing) 03. .46<4 <b s<0-4 5. 
Transactions, ditto ditto 
Library Expenses 
Taw Hxpenses ..0........0.0. 
Returned Subscriptions ... 
Interest of Davis Bequest . 
Payments. 
Expenditure of 
1870. 
ARE 
14 4 
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BISON DAS 
1871. 
Lys. vd: 
Lape tien) vill 
806 4 7 
oa 
18 0 
4,086 4 
4,358 
eee ere 
23,087 9 7 
Increase. 
Fee e rere entaeens 
Decrease. 
eee e rece etaee 
Cee 
Benen eeeeeeere | 
Se era 
3,483 11 6| 
