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By the acconnis now laid l)cfore you it appears iliat the pjross 

 receipts of the Society duriii<r tlie 18 months hetween 1st July, 

 1868, and 31st Decemher 18G9, amounted to $4430.S'G and the ex- 

 penditure to $4396.06 showini? a balance of $34.80 to the credit of 

 the Society. The income for the next twelve months is estimated 

 as follows, viz : 



Subscriptions al)out . . . . $1600 



Government grant . . . . . . 1200 



$3800 



and tlie expenditure for Superintendent's salary, wages, etc., at 

 $3530 leaving a small balance for contingencies and for further 

 improvements in the Gardens. 



During the last 18 months the Society has corresponded 

 with and supplied plants to the Gardens at Saigon, Mauritius, 

 South Kensington, etc.;, and thanks are due to Captain Caldbeck 

 and the P. and 0. Company for their kindness in carrying boxes of 

 plants and seeds both ways free of charge, and also to Dr. Scheffer, 

 Director of the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, for the gift of many 

 valuable and interesting plants. 



H. E. the Governor having offered to present a certain num- 

 l)er of wild animals to tlie Society in case they should be disposed 

 to form a Zoological collection in tlie Gardens, your Committee 

 considered the question too important to be settled by them alone 

 and liave therefore intimated in the advertisement calling this 

 meeting that they would submit the matter to the whole body of 

 meml)ers and subscribers, and you are now invited to decide whether 

 you consider such a course to i)e practicable and advisal)lc. 



