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That the total amount accruing, duruig the last year, due 

 to the Investment Fund, was not actually invested, was 

 owing chiefly to the great expense of the works undertaken 

 and completed at the Gardens. Of these the pi-incipal part, 

 such as the enclosing and laying out of the newly acquired 

 ground, could not with propriety have been longer delayed ; 

 while the remainder were highly desirable, with the view of 

 avoiding the necessity of removing from the Gardens, as had 

 been done in the previous yeai-, some portion of the stock, to 

 premises temporarily hired for their accommodation. The ex • 

 penditure incurred in the Garden Establishment during 1833, 

 for buildings, woi'ks, repairs, materials, and Garden Expen- 

 ses, was £3569 Is. lOd. 



The total expenditure paid in the year was £13,134 12.9. Qd. 



In the checking of this large expenditxire, the Council have 

 continued to receive the assistance of the Committee of 

 Finance, to whom are referred for examination, previo\isly 

 to their payment, all bills, except for articles purchased 

 or specially ordered by the Council. To the Committee 

 have also been referred the tenders for the supply on con- 

 tract of the various articles of ordinary use ; as well as the 

 tenders for most of the works performed during the last 

 year. The zeal and punctuality with which the Members of 

 the Finance Committee have discharged their arduous duties 

 have been acknowledged with gratitude by the Council, and 

 they are highly deserving of the thanks of the Society at 

 large. 



The Council conclude their review of this department by 

 the remark, that the improvement in the Society's Finances 

 on the 31st of December last, as compared with their condi- 

 tion at the end of 1832, was £1769 3^. Ud. In 1832 the 

 improvement was £3058 16*'. 2d., and that of 1831 was 

 £2133 19*. Od. The total improvement in the financial 

 condition of the Society during the last three years is con- 

 sequently £6961 19s. \d. 



In calculating the financial improvement the Council have 

 abstained from reckoning on the 



