Finance. 



By the Report of the Auditors of the Accounts for 

 1832, it will be seen, that the Income received, during that 

 year, was £15,493 (5s. 9d. As compared with the Income 

 of 1831 there is here a falling off of £2169 15s. lOd. This 

 deficiency is more than accounted for by the diminution in 

 the Receipts from the Visitors to the Gardens, a source of 

 Income most productive to the Society, but liable to vari- 

 ation from numerous causes ; and in the present instance, 

 probably occasioned, in a great degree, by the prevalence 

 and apprehension of disease. 



In the Admission Fees of newly-elected Fellows, and in 

 that more stable source of Income, their Annual Sub- 

 scriptions, the Receipts of 1832 exceeded those of 1831 by 

 £503 17^. Od. 



Notwithstanding, hoM^ever, the diminished Receipts of 

 1832, the financial condition of the Society was in that 

 year materially improved. This will at once be seen by 

 referring to the statement of Assets and Liabilities, which 

 forms part of the Auditors' Report, and by comparing it 

 with the corresponding statement as made by the Auditors 

 of the preceding year : the amount of Debts due on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1832, will be found to be much less than those out- 

 standing at the same period of 1831, and the funded capital 

 will be observed to be considerably increased. On investi- 

 gation it will appear that, excluding from consideration the 

 Arrears, the value of Avhich cannot be ascertained with 

 precision, the pecuniary condition of the Society, at the 

 end of 1832, was £3058 16^. 2d. better than that of 1831 ; 

 the latter being also better than that of 1830 by £2133 

 19s. Od. ; and the two, together, evidencing a regularly 

 improving state of the finances, which the Council trust 

 will be demonstrated to exist at the close of each succeed- 

 ing year. 



This improvement in the financial condition of the Society 

 is mainly to be attributed to the resolution adopted by the 



