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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



to attend, and which itself presented a falling off of 4GG4. 

 Owing in part to this cause and in part to an increase in the value 

 of medals awarded by the Judges, the net produce of the Garden 

 Exhibitions was less by 1898Z. 2s. Ad. than in 1851, although the 

 working cost of the Exhibitions in 1852 was less than in 1851 by 

 the sum of 1161. 5s. Sd., as will be perceived from the following 

 comparative statement : — 



Expense of Exhibitions. 



Miscellaneous timber .... 



Miscellaneous repairs 



Carpenters, painters, tent- pitchers, 



&c 



Miscellaneous labour beyond the 



ordinary 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 



stationery, carriage, postage, &c. 



Cost of new tents 



Green baize for tables 



Extra labour for New Exhibitors' 



Yard and Alterations . . . . 



Meclals awarded . 



It will be observed in this account that the cost of Medals was 

 augmented by the sum of nearly 200/". beyond that of 1851, no 

 less than 1227L having been expended upon that head alone. 

 The attention of the Council having been directed to this point, 

 the Exhibition Committee was instructed to consider whether in 

 preparing the schedule of prizes for 1853 some arrangement 

 could not be made for diminishing this head of expenditure. 



* This is part of the sum of 1299/. 5s. entered in the balance-sheet as 

 Medals awarded — the balance of 72/. 5s. being for Awards at Meetings in 

 Recent Street. 



