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order to mect the bills then due. This gave a total 
sum of £39,730 6s, 2d. available for the espendinare of 
the year 1876. 
b. Expenditure. 
This amount was disposed of in the following manner :— 
The sum of £31,635 10s. 11d. was required for the 
ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the year; and after 
repayment of the loans of 1875 and March 1876, the 
sums of £796 6s. 9d. and £3000 were carried to the 
Reserve Fund and invested in the purchase of 3 per 
Cent. securities in ¢he manner hereinafter explained. This 
left at the bankers’, on the 31st December last, a sum of 
£1280 6s. 11d., which was carried over for the benefit of 
the present year. 
._ The subjoined Table gives the various items of expen- 
diture of 1876, and a comparison of each of them with the 
corresponding amount paid in 1875 :— 
| Expenditure of / 
\- - Increase. | Decrease. | 
| 1875. 1876. 
£8 Bi) IE. ae de 
Arrears of previous years ......... 2,105 210] 2,596 7 0 
Rent, Rates, Taxes, and Insu- 
ROSIN ee Cae nee nuns ahora de-ve oon 846 18 11] 970 0 3 
Salaries, Wages, and Pensions... | 5,109 7 4) 5,254 16 1 
Cost and Carriage of Animals ...| 1,668 4 11) 1,967 6 0 
MEFOMISLOUS) ...i5.<cnch de sdoppiacesesanoe 5 2 4/ 5,049 9 6 
Menagerie Expenses . os 0 7/ 2,951 2 6 
Keeper’s Dresses ...........sseseeeee BO aoa bu 3, 
Works, Materials, and Repairs.| 2.593 4 1/3390 1 2 
New Buildings Reus etdeversevns sraceee 6,966 1 3/ 4,289 1 7 
Garden Expenses. wtrovesseee fy glial oo UR Bode 1G 
Band Expenses ...............cesse0ee 213 9 6/ 23314 0 
-| Advertisements..............s00c00008 238 15 3] 21913 0 
House and Office Expenses ...... 578 8 1] 65417 O]° 
Stationery and Account Books... Yay 6 / 7715 1 
Printing Ss Pe reare 344 1. 3) 457-1705 
Publications . = sesereree | 2047 14 4) 212h 0 2 
Library Expenses. Badesnsscsencts resins 335 17 0] 28113 1 
*| Returned Subscriptions ............ 34.3 0 38 5 0 
| Expenditure of Davis Bequest ... 59 6 10 59 4 4 
Grant in aid of Science ............ 50 0 0 50 0 0 
Daw Expenses, .......60...00 0.0%: 25: 10 «QUES rev ceanen, 
Engraving Medal .....0......::00000 O01 0}. 
31,667 15 0/31,635 10 11 2,561 14 
Decrease ....cccccccesee [oeeseereesttsenees 32 4 1] Ded. Iner. | 2,829 10 1 
31,667 15 0 )81,667 15 O}.....ceeeeeee | 182. 4 
Ordinary Expenditure.............../24,188 5 91/25,733 3. 4) 1,544.17 TJesecsecsseseeee 
Extraordinary ditt0.......cs..-cc0e ToS9) iO! PAR OOAS TUE he. ccoewets coseaeed 1,577 1. 8 
31,067; 159) 0/3635 1011 had. e'.-n: 82.4 4| 
