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REPORT OE TPIE 
important addition to the gardens at an expense of £8 10s. per 
annum. In the account for 1863, however, the amount of rent 
received from this property for the half-year ending on the 9th 
October is only £50 15s. This deficiency is caused by the 
arrangements for the letting of the tenements not having been 
completed. 
In other respects the statement of the Society’s financial 
position shows a decided improvement upon that of last year. 
The total amount of Subscriptions received is indeed only 
£719 4s. against £726 Is. in 1862; but this apparent deficiency 
is due solely to the large amount of arrears recovered in the latter 
year, the receipts for the current subscriptions showing a slight 
increase. The amount received for the admission fees of New 
Members is £43 against £32 in 1862. 
The continued interest taken by the public in the objects of 
the Society is evinced by the sum paid for admission at the 
gates, which amounted to £199 5s. in 1863, exceeding by £19 
the sum obtained from this source in the preceding year, and 
by £4 the average of the three last years. 
The income from the Swimming Bath has also increased in 
a satisfactory manner; the amount obtained from this source 
being £98 11s. 3d. against £72 5s. lid. in 1862. The average 
income from the Swimming Bath for the three years 1860 — 62 
was £79. 
The Total Income of the Society from all sources amounts 
to £1,301 11s. lid., or deducting £50 15s. for the new rents, 
and £12 for hire of the tent in 1862, to £1,238 16s. lid., 
against £1,190 17s. 4d. and £12, or £1,202 17s. 4d. in 1862. 
With regard to the Expenditure the Council report that the 
Rent paid to the Crown has been increased by a half-year’s 
rent of the new ground from £1 to £59 5s.; but against this 
increase we have to set the amount of rents, £50 15s., received 
from tenants and placed to the Society’s credit. 
Although endeavouring to practise the utmost economy in 
the management of the Society’s affairs, the Council have been 
compelled, by the alterations made upon Lendal Hill, to expend 
a considerable sum upon the house occupied by Miss Briskliam, 
at the Museum Gates. They have also been obliged to paint 
