94 PROCEEDINGS. 



STATEMENT B. 



Paid investment of Bradlee Fund, $500 00 



" Insurance for 1847 and 1848, two years, - - 115 00 



" Premiums, 1,241 00 



" for Railroad Stock, 2,458 50 



" Taxes, 180 00 



" for Library, 141 00 



" Interest, 750 00 



" Doorkeeper and care of Hall, 444 72 



" on account of Transactions, 450 00 



" J. B. Hancock, 160 75 



'< for Repairs, 2S8 13 



'• for Printing and Advertising, 409 73 



" for Diplomas, 43 50 



" for Gas, 54 00 



" Miscellaneous Expenses, 399 99 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, December, 31st, 1847, - - - 47 35 



S7,633 67 



C. SCHEDULE 

 Of the Pkopkety of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 



Horticultural Hall, in School Street, valued at $36,000 00 



Three Chandeliers in said Hall, 390 00 



Two Marble Vases, 95 00 



Two Bradlee Vases, 150 00 



Glass and other Ware, 900 00 



Library, 1,300 00 



Furniture and Safe, 300 00 



Appleton Fund, 1,000 00 



Lyman Fund, 1,000 00 



Lowell Fund, 1,000 00 



Bradlee Fund, . . . .• 500 00 



Twentytwo Shares Boston and Worcester Railroad Stock, at cost, ... 2,458 50 



$45,093 50 



The only debt of the Society, known to the Committee, is a note, secured by mortgage 

 on the real estate, for fifteen thousand dollars, dated 18th May. 1844, payable in five years 

 with interest, at the rate of five per cent, per annum, half-yearly ; but it is understood that 

 there are claims against the Society for unliquidated accounts for premiums awarded but 

 not paid — Printing, Dies for Medals, alterations of the Hall, Painting, &c., amounting to 

 about two thousand dollars. 



The same Committee also reported, that the certificate of the Bradlee Fund, invested in 

 the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, had been passed to the Treasurer. 



The Special Committee appointed to settle with the Treasurer of the Mount Auburn 

 Cemetery, reported that they had attended to that duty, and received the sum of three 

 thousand five hundred dollars, and that a final settlement would be made on the third 

 Monday of the month, when a further amount might be expected. 



Voted, That the Finance Committee invest the sum of two thousand dollars towards 

 paying off the mortgage of the Society's Building. 



