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Terms of reference: To approve the annual estimates and annual accounts before presentation to Council; to examine the financial aspects of major projects; to receive reports on investments; and to advise Council on financial policy generally.

A continuation of the previous finance committee under a new name, with the same remit.

List of expenditures and arrears

Includes: Account showing the position of Mr Elmslie with the Zool. Society, Jan 1847. [Costs of the Carnivora Terrace.]; Cost of Promenades and Poultry Exhibition, 1844-1847; Estimate of Cost of proposed Improvements in 1848; Account of Subscriptions

Statement of transactions in respect of building works between Messrs Sanders and the Zoological Society of London, statement by John Leigh regarding requests required by Sir W Newton, letters from Sir Newton to Leigh, and a letter by Leigh to the Zoological Society of London on the subject of reducing his salary

Instructions on the control of expenditure, notes on reserves and procedures for placing orders, paying bills and entering into agreements

3 volumes of financial statements and accounts covering the period of 1825-1902. Two volumes belonged to John Henry Leigh, who was an accountant at ZSL, and have his name inscribed on the front and inside.

Financial reports of the Zoological Society of London