86 



tlic hands of tlic Supcrliitcnclcnt of tlie Gardens 

 for ])ayiucnt of wa^^^cs, and £20 expected to be 

 realised from arrears of subscriptions, will give a 

 total of £859 17s. 8d. The expenditure and 

 liabilities, as per balance sheet, amount to 

 £885 12s. 2d., leaving a balance to debit of 

 £25 14s. 6d. 



'' The current expenditure for the year has again 

 been kept well within the income, as the following 

 fio-urcs will show : — 



£ s. d. 

 Total receipts from all sources 809 5 8 

 Total expenditure 781 3 11 



Balance for meeting liabilities 28 1 9 



GARDENS. 



*' Dm^ing the past year a substantial boundar}^ 

 fence has been erected, and about three acres of 

 ground added to the area of the Gardens. The es- 

 planade and sea-wall, the work on which necessarily 

 remained in abeyance during the erection of the 

 fence, are in such a forward state that the labour 

 of a few weeks only is required for their comple- 

 tion. When finished, this portion of the Garden 

 promises to become, as has always been anticipated^ 

 exceedingly attractive. 



'^ With a view of improving the main entrance 

 to the Gardens various alterations have been made 

 on the site occupied by the propagating yards, 

 &c. It is expected that this work will be com- 

 pleted before the close of the present year, and it 

 will greatly conduce to the convenience of visitors. 



^^ About two hundred new plants, many of rare 

 merit, were introduced during 1871. From the- 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, we received an important 

 consignment of seeds, consisting of 88 Asiatic, 



