XxiV REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1933-34 
Expenditure (running costs) 
1932-33 1933-34 
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To Wages and National Insurance : 807 2 10 831 18 8 
,, Rates, Land Tax, Insurances . ; 64 10 II 57 4 10% 
5 Coal, Coke, etc. ; : ; : 104 9 9Q 103 12 5 
* Water z 5 90 aa DG Ase 
+5 Lighting and Drainage Plants (includ- 
ing petrol and oil) : : 69 17 6 62 18 34 
,, Repairs and Renewals. : ‘ Cope wey) 35 9 
,, Garden Materials . ; : ; 58 I0 9 56 14 8 
,, Household Requisites, etc. ‘ : 16 19 33 17 6 10% 
- ,, Transport and Carriage . z 2 5 ue Gee, yah ees 
,, Auditors ; 22 IO IO LG esTat 2 
», Printing, Postazes.. Telephone, Sta- 
tionery, etc. : 36 8 10 41 6 4 
», Donations to Village Tasttations é — Cato 
,, Legal Charges (lease of ‘ Homefield ’) . — Fels 6 
,, Purchase of Darwin’s eRe, table 
(net) . = 9 10 0 
,, Balance, being excess of i income over 
expenditure i ; ; : ad 45 9 84 
£1,240 Tt 15.1 3hOhag ces 
FINANCE. 
IX.—The Council have received reports from the General Treasurer 
throughout the year. His account has been audited and is presented to 
the General Committee. 
X. Bernard Hobson Trust—As stated in last year’s Report of the 
Council, the Association was a beneficiary in the sum of £1,000 under the 
will of Mr. Bernard Hobson, the income from which is to be devoted 
to the promotion of definite geological research. The Council have 
confirmed the proposals indicated in the last report, in the following 
terms :— 
(i) The fund is administered by the Council. 
(ii) It shall be competent for the Committee of Section C (Geology) at 
the Annual Meeting to recommend to the Council that one or more of 
the applications for grants to research committees shall be earmarked as 
a charge on the Bernard Hobson Fund. 
(iii) Council reserves the right to make a grant, or grants, from the 
fund in response to special applications arising in the course of the year. 
The Council undertook to consider the payment of travelling expenses 
(fares) in connection with grants made from the fund. 
XI. Sir Charles Parsons’ Legacy—The legacy of £2,000 left to the 
Association by the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons, K.C.B., F.R.S., has been 
received. 
XII. Leicester and Leicestershire Fund (1933)—On behalf of the Local 
Committee for the Leicester Meeting, 1933, Dr. C. J. Bond and Mr. Colin 
