XXII 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1937-38 



Income 



By Rents receivable . . . , 



„ Income Tax recovered 



,, Interest and Dividends 



„ Donations ..... 



„ Sale of Catalogues, Postcards and Photo- 

 graphs ...... 



,, Pilgrim Trust Grant .... 



,, Instalment of Grant from Herbert 

 Spencer Bequest .... 



,, Balance, being excess of expenditure over 

 income for the year, transferred to 

 Suspense Account 



Corresponding 



figures, 1936-37 



I s. d. £ s. d. 



139 5 o 141 o o 



177 8 o 168 I 6 



807 15 o 8iy 2 o 



389 3 17 I 



26 8 4 

 150 o o 



366 9 o 



50 



23 8 4 

 150 o 



132 3 4 



Thanks to the grant of £500 by the Council from the Spencer Bequest, 

 it has been possible to carry out important repairs and renovations during 

 the past two years without drawing upon the general funds. This sum 

 has now been expended. 



As the Council are already aware, the Pilgrim Trustees have made a final 

 grant of £150, payable as to £100 and £50 in the two ensuing financial years 

 respectively. 



The Council desire to commend, and to bring to the notice of Members 

 of the General Committee and others, a proposal which has received the 

 approval of the Down House Committee that steps should be taken to form 

 a collection of biographies of Darwin and of contemporary literature 

 bearing upon his work, for addition to the library now at Down House. 



