MAY 1, 1852. 



165 



Exhibitions. 



Miscellaneous timber 



Miscellaneous repairs 



Carpenters, painters, tent-pitchers, &c. 



Miscellaneous labour beyond the ordi- 

 nary service of the Garden . 



Miscellaneous printing 



Admission tickets 



Advertisements 



Judges 



Extra clerks and temporary rooms 



Police 



Bands and all musical expenses . 



Provisions for exhibitors, police, &c. . 



Watering roads 



Miscellaneous expenses, including sta- 

 tionery, carriage, postage, &c. . 



Cost of new tents 



Green baize for tables 



Extra labour for New Exhibitors' 

 Yard and Alterations .... 



1849 



1850 



£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 



50 18 1 23 10 2 27 3 8 



fio 13 11: 60 2 7 39 6 



146 6 lOi 126 4 7| 121 10 II 



255 

 39 

 37 

 86 

 27 

 54 

 112 

 277 

 57 



14 21 188 13 7| 69 17 5 



8 2 



15 



16 

 6 



31 13 6| 64 17 10 

 37 15 01 30 14 



86 13 

 30 9 

 28 11 



125 4 6 



31 10 



22 16 



81 9 



28 5 



66 11 5l 

 297 8 9 







60 11 



O' 270 6 0, 300 

 Oj 55 10 2j 56 11 

 15 15 



54 12 6 



52 9 Ol 



48 3 

 65 

 46 3 9 



Medals awarded 



1603 41107 2 1|1145 6 6 

 984 15 1066 5 1033* 5 



2587 15 4 2173 



1 2178 11 6 



A comparison of this table Avith some of those of former years 

 shows that the charges have for the most part been diminished, 

 with the exception of advertisements, printing, police, and bands, 

 in which the Great Exhibition of all Nations rendered some 

 increase unavoidable. 



In framing the schedule of prizes for the year 1852 the 

 Exhibition Committee have complied with a desire expressed 

 by many exhibitors and others, that greater prominence should 

 be given to certain classes of florists' flowers ; the effect of 

 which, it is expected, will be to increase the brilliancy of the 

 shows at the Garden. The Committee have also felt themselves 

 called upon to return to the system of not offering specific prizes 

 for fruit for the month of May ; the responsibility of rewarding 

 such as is sent on that occasion bein^- vested in the Judges, who 

 will tims have as complete a freedom of action as if a schedule 

 of prizes were offered, and will at the same time be released from 



* This is part of the sum of £1120 entered in the balance sheet as medals 

 awarded ; the balance being, for awards at ordinary meetings in Kegent 

 Street, 60/. 10s., and for cost of new obverse die to large silver medal 

 26/. 5s. 



N 2 



