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Finances. 
The Society has received from the executors of J. Dickin- 
son Logan $475, the amount of his legacy less collateral 
inheritance tax. This sum has been separately invested, 
and will be held according to the resolution passed at the 
annual meeting of members of April 25th, 1878, which pro- 
vides that " the principal of all legacies, bequests, and de- 
vises, unless otherwise directed by the testator, shall not be 
expended, but that the same shall be invested and held as 
a permanent and stable fund of which the income only 
shall be used." It is to be hoped that this will be the nu- 
cleus of a fund which, like that accruing to the London 
Zoological Society from the liberality of its well-wishers, 
will in time render the Society independent of the preca- 
rious support of gate receipts, &c., and perhaps afford in the 
future an opportunity of " free-days." The Directors are 
much impressed with the necessity of increasing the collec- 
tion of animals in the garden, and earnestly appeal to 
public-spirited citizens to give them special assistance to 
supply their needs in this particular. 
The financial condition of the Society is shown by the 
following figures, and the Treasurer's statement and bal- 
ance-sheet. Appendix A. 
