180 



KEPORT or THE COUNCIL, 



Admission Fees 

 Compositions for life 

 Annual subscriptions 

 Transactions, &c. sold 

 Rent of apartments let off 

 Quarterly Journal sold 

 Garden produce 

 Iveceipts for garden charges 

 Miscellaneous receipts 

 Profit on Exchequer Bills . 



1847-8. 



1848-9. 



Receipts. 

 Expenses 



Garden Exhibitions. 



1847. 1848. 



. £4484 1 6 — 3867 14 

 . 2750 18 1 — 2544 18 10 



1733 3 5 — 1322 15 2 



Garden Exhibitions of Current Year. 



Receipts . 

 Expenses 



1847-8. 

 £150 C 6 

 34 5 3 



116 1 3 



1848-9 



302 12 



40 9 6 



262 2 6 



£. s. d. 



258 6 



210 



3237 1 



28 6 

 150 



75 17 



29 2 10 

 49 12 9 

 23 3 5 

 42 13 6 



£. s. d. 



214 4 



294 



3023 10 



48 17 3 



150 



64 15 



24 8 5 



47 4 6 



4 5 7 



9 3 4 



1733 3 5 



116 1 3 



5953 8 4 



1322 15 2 



262 2 6 



5465 5 9 



This presents a diniinution amounting- to 488/. 2s. ']d., which 

 is more than accounted for by the decrease of 430/. 8*. 3c?. in the 

 profit derived from the exhibitions, and by a deficiency under 

 the liead of annual subscriptions to the amount of 213/. 11*. Gd., 

 principally ascribable to the amount of accumulated arrears pre- 

 viously collected by the operations of the Finance Committee of 

 1847-8, and formerly reported upon. 



The Council, in conducting tlie business of the Society, have 

 continued to observe all practicable economy, consistent with its 

 permanent interests. A comparison of the expenses of 1 847-8 

 with those of 1848-9 is exhibited in the following statement : — 



