REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1034-35 xxvii 
The Genetics Society met at Down House on June 30, 1934, and the 
committee received the thanks of the Society for permission to do so. 
The following financial statement, showing income and expenditure on 
account of Down House for the years ending March 31, 1934 and 1935, 
is unfavourable on account of the very high charges necessitated in respect 
of repairs during the latter year. Two items were the major causes of this. 
The flint-and-brick wall at the end of the kitchen garden (evidently one of 
the oldest pieces of building on the estate) was found to be in urgent need 
of pointing, filling, and buttressing. More serious was the discovery that 
death-watch beetle had attacked the roof of the bay on the garden front of 
the house. An expert from the Forest Products Research Laboratories 
made an inspection, and repairs were carried out in accordance with his 
advice. There now appears no reason to doubt that the damage has been 
localised and arrested. 
Income 
1933-34 1934-35 
SMa: S. 
By Dividends on endowment fund and 
income tax recovered , é : 978 17 6 TOL O 
,, Grant from Pilgrim Trust : ; EEO) 0; 0 E5070) 10 
», Rents . : : : : : 140 15 O TAT OMO 
,, Donations . ‘ 6 0 114 ARTAGYO 
,, Sale of Postcards and Catalogues : 3414 23 2A Teas 
.. Balance, being excess of expenditure, 
as below, over income 2 2 — 84 13 18 
£1,310 7 8 1,418 5 of 
Expenditure (running costs) 
1933-34 | 1934-35 
; St 
To Wages and National Insurance : 831 8 8 4O7.13 2 
,, Rates, Land Tax, Insurances . : 57 4 10% 62 3 8 
,, Coal, Coke, etc 3 ‘ ; , TO3 (1200 5 126 14 6 
53 Water . Tee Ameer 4, TO 7 
af Lighting and Drainage Plants (includ- 
ing petrol and oil) , 62518 599s Sie 167 
,, Repairs and Renewals :— 
Miscellaneous . : ; : 359. 8 73. 9 10 
Kitchen garden wall — waive. 
Damage by death-watch beetle — vig ams) 2s 
,, Garden materials . ; 56 14 8 er Taney 
,, Tree guards and boiler installation —— SAY 83) 5A. 
,, Household Requisites, etc. : : 17 6 ro} 30 12 74 
, Transport and Carriage . ; : res Mer 3 18 10 
,, Auditors : oye 3 19 16 9 
a Printing, Postages, Telephone, Sta- 
tionery, etc. ; : An) One: 2413 7 
», Donations to Village Institutions E 5. 15) vo a SG 
,, Legal Charges (lease of ‘ Homefield ’) ag — 
,, Purchase of Darwin’s ae table 
(net) ; 9 10 0 -- 
,, Balance, being excess of i income over : 
expenditure J ‘ : ; 45 9 8% a 
£1,310 7 8 14418 5 9% 
