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Our total income (viz., Government Grant, 

 £150 to Museum, £450 to Gardens ; subscrip- 

 tions £150, and sale of plants, &c., £83 lis. 6d.) 

 has been £833 lis. 6d. ; which, with £30 12s. in 

 the hands of the Superintendent of the Gardens 

 for payment of current expenses, and about £40 

 still due for subscriptions, will give a total of 

 £904 3s. 6d. The total expenditure and liabilities 

 amount to £965 Is., leaving to om* debit a balance 

 of £60 17s. 6d. 



As will be seen by the Balance Sheet, the debt 

 referred to consists chiefly of accounts due to the 

 London Agents. Of these Messrs. Wheatley's is 

 the usual annual account for current literature ; 

 the other is an old-.-randing account of Messrs. 

 Orger and Meryon, of which we are happy to say 

 one moiety has been cleared off during the last 

 two years, leaving at present only £29 5s. 2d. un- 

 paid. 



It is only fair to mention that the expenditure 

 for the year (without considering previous liabili- 

 ties) has been kept within the income, as will be 

 seen by the following figures : — 



£ s. d. 

 Total Receipts from all sources 833 11 6 

 Total Expenditure 830 9 7 



Balance ... ... £3 1 11 



GARDENS. 



About 400 new plants have been introduced 

 during the past year, embracing many of great 

 interest or utility ; as RJiamnus titilis, from which 

 is prepared the green dye of China; Car?/a 

 tomentosa, White Hickory or Mocker Nut ; Carf/a 

 oUvi/onniSj Pecan Nut ; Tkea Asscwiica, Assam Tea ; 



