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2. Income and Expenditures. 
The total income of the Society, exclusive 
of pecuniary donations, to the ending of 
the fiscal year, March ist, 1874, has been, $5,070 00 
Balance received March 7th, 1873, from 
former Treasurer, 1,729 20 
$6,799 20 
The expenditures, exclusive of permanent 
improvements in the garden, have been, . $2,191 48 
Which was disposed of as follows : 
Clerk, $106 78 
Keepers, 537 99 
Maintenance of animals, . . 438 55 
Insurance, . . . . . 90 00 
Office, furnishing, &c., . . 262 57 
Stationery, printing circulars, &c., 477 47 
Advertising, . . . . 278 12 
$2,191 48 
By balance, . . . . 4,607 72 
$6,799 20 
The Board desire to express their thanks to 
Messrs. E. W. Clark & Co., for placing the rooms 
on the third floor of their building, No. 35 South 
Third street, at the disposal of your managers for 
their regular weekly meetings, and as the general 
office of the Society, without any charge for rent. 
The following pecuniary donations have been 
received by the Society ; from Mrs. J. Rhea 
Barton, five thousand dollars ; from Mr. Thomas 
H. Powers, one thousand dollars; from a lady who 
desires her name to remain unknown, five hundred 
dollars, and from Miss Ellen Wain, one hundred 
dollars. These sums have been placed in the fund 
