PROCEEDINGS 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, January 2, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



Francis Thieler was proposed for membership, by the President. 



Parker Barnes having declined to act upon the Committee of Flowers, it was 



Voted, That William B. Richards be appointed to fill the vacancy. 



The Committee of Finance made the following Report on the state of the Treasury, 

 December 31, 1846: — 



RECEIPTS FROM APRIL 1 TO DECEMBER 31. 



Balance in the Treasury, April 1, 1846, SlO 27 



Donation for Special Premiums, 300 00 



Rent of Store, 750 00 



Rent of Hall, 400 00 



Received for Tickets of Admission, 790 07 



Admission Fees and Assessments, 1,056 00 



Interest on the Lyman Fund, 40 00 



$3,346 34 



EXPENDITURES. 



Paid Premiums, .-... $1,042 00 



'•' Door Keeper and care of Hall, 256 60 



" Fixtures of Hall, 208 05 



" Gas, 17 60 



" Diplomas, 40 50 



" Interest on Loan, 750 00 



" Taxes, 90 00 



'' Library, 51 18 



'•' Printing, 25 67 



" Salary of Treasurer and Secretary, 100 00 



«' Two Vases, 95 00 



" Medals from London Horticultural Society, 20 94 



'■ One large Iron Safe, 109 36 



'' Premium for Stock on investing the Lyman Fund, 80 00 



" Miscellaneous Expenses, - 399 86 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, December 31, 1846, - - . - 59 58 



$^3,346 34 

 (Signed,) CHEEVER NEWHALL, 



Chairman of Committee of Finance. 



