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report of 
The Treasurer’s Report will show that, so far as the 
annual accounts are concerned, the finances of the 
Society are in a prosperous state ; and that the balance in its 
favor for the past year amounts to somewhat more than a 
hundred pounds. But the most material point in its affairs 
to which the Council have to call the attention of the 
Meeting*, is the extraordinary expenditure which has 
been incurred, on account of the New Museum and the 
improvements connected with it : and for a satisfactory 
explanation of that expenditure, they must refer to the 
Report of the Building Committee. 
After stating that all the accounts have been made up to 
the commencement of the year 1830, the Committee proceed 
to report upon them in the following manner : 
The Accounts now presented are arranged under six 
heads. The first of these includes the total expense of the 
main Building ; and the amount is 6868/. The sum 
originally proposed to be laid out upon it was 5650/. ; but 
the expenditure was increased by the following improve¬ 
ments : the basement floor was extended under the whole 
building ; the zoological museum was enlarged to such 
dimensions as would allow a gallery to be hereafter erected ; 
the side museums were faced with stone ; and, not to mention 
other additions for convenience or ornament, it was deter¬ 
mined to warm the whole fabric by hot air stoves, and to 
