COUNCIL LOR 1864. 
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With regard to the Accounts for the past year, the Council 
regret that they have not to announce any reduction of the 
Debt standing against the Society ; but at the same time they 
t hink they may congratulate the Members on the fact that the 
resources of the Society are in so flourishing a state that, 
notwithstanding a greatly increased expenditure during the 
year 1864, the income has been nearly sufiicient to meet all 
demands upon it. The amount received for the Subscriptions 
of Members is somewhat less than in 1863. 
In relation to the amount received at the Grates for admission, 
the Council are able to congratulate the Society on the steadily 
increasing popularity of the Institution as evinced by this test. 
The amount received at the Grates in 1864 was higher than in 
any previous year, namely £239 Is. 9d. The receipts of the 
Swimming Bath have also produced to the Society the sum of 
£104 4s. 9d.; and the Society’s Tent has been in such demand 
that an amount of £46 10s. has been realized by it. The only 
other item requiring notice on the credit side of the account is 
the sum of £81, received from the subscribers to Mr. Kenrick’s 
volume. The total Income of the Society from all sources in 
1864 was £1464 2s. Id. 
In the account of the year’s Expenditure the item which 
chiefly requires explanation is that of General Expenses and 
Eepairs, amounting to £322 3s. lid. Of this expenditure £60 
is for painting and whitewashing the Hall, Council Boom, and 
Library, and painting the whole of the outside wood-work of 
the Museum and the Greenhouses. 
The rest of the extra expense was incurred in fltting up the 
glass case for the reception of the Dinornis; in making necessary 
alterations in the grounds of the Blind School and at Lendal 
Hill; in making a new drain from the Society’s premises occupied 
by Miss Briskham; and in laying down the tesselated pavement 
in the upper room of the Hospitium. Considerable repairs 
were found to be necessary at the Swimming Bath during the 
past year, and the expenses of that establishment are con¬ 
sequently rather higher than usual, namely £73 11s. 3d. The 
total Expenditure of the year amounted to £1497 18s. 6d., 
showing an excess over the Income of £33 16s. 5d., by wliich 
the balance against the Society is increased to £259 19s. lOd. 
