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of the "receipts from the gardens," there is to be paid to the First 

 Commissioners for their own use and as additional yearly rent, ^^g^«™ 

 a sum equal to half such surplus: and, further, that by the said ^^i^j^.^g 

 Articles of Agreement, it is provided or stipulated that for the continued. 

 purpose of regulating the amount to be retained by the said 

 Society in each year for expenses, a Committee shall be appointed 

 annually, which Committee is to consist of six persons, three of 

 whom are to be appointed by the Commissioners and three by the 

 said Society, and any three of such Committee are to form a 

 quorum, so as one, at least, shall be a person appointed by the 

 Commissioners, and one shall be a person appointed by the said 



Society ; and as vacancies occur in each year, by death, mcapacity, 

 or resignation, such vacancies are to be filled up respectively by 

 the Commissioners or the said Society, according as the original 

 appointments were made by them respectively; and further, that 

 - . Committee is from time to time to select one ^f those 



Committee-men who have been appointed by the Commissioners 

 as Chairman of such Committee, and he is to have an equal vote 

 with the other Committee-men for the time being acting, and in 

 case of equality a casting vote in addition ; and the Committee is 

 to have power to make byelaws for their own government m the 

 execution of the duties confided to them ; and that it la also 

 thereby provided or stipulated that the said Society shall devote 

 and apply towards the liquidation of the debt ot i.4U,UUU, to oe 

 raised by debentures as aforesaid, three-fifths of the money actually 

 received by them from time to time, in respect of the "receipts 

 from the gardens," after the retentions and payments aforesaid 

 from and out of the " receipts from the gardens," for expenses 

 and interest by the said Society and the rent to the Commis- 

 sioners ; and divers other agreements or stipulations for carrying 

 into elfect, or consequent on, or relating to the said arrange- 

 ment are contained in the said Articles of Agreement. 



3 \nd whereas it is further represented to Us, that by a Sup- Second 



plemental Agreement, dated the '^Oth day of November m the ^-m^^ 



year I860, and made and entered into m ^f « ^^f g^ "f ^^°^^"- 



oners of the one part, and the said Society ol 



. ^vhich the said piece of land is referred 



3 gardens"), an arrangement has 



e between the said 



parties ; 



the occupation by the said Society of some additi 

 me Commissioners shown on the plan annexed to 

 ental Agreement by a red colour adjoinmg or near the 

 " (which additional land the Commissioners had, for the 



