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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



"Water, less amount paid by tenants, - 

 Expenses of Rose Show, . . - 



Expenses of Annual Exhibition, 

 Taxes, ------ 



Additions, alterations and repairs on building, 

 New furniture, refitting and repairs, - 

 Testimonial to ex-President Ilovey, - 

 Testimonial to E. A. Story, . - - 



Stationery, postage and printing, 

 Labor and incidental expenses, 

 J. W. Jenks, for preparing catalogue, 

 Portrait of our President, - - - 



Rep'g plate and printing diplomas, (bill of 1865), 

 Deposit in Market Bank to pay prizes. 

 Amount paid for reduction of floating debt, - 

 Cash in the Treasury, - - - - 



The amount of the floating debt, Jan. 1, 1867, 



was S35,000 00 



By the sale of 107 shares C. & P. B. Railroad, 8,576 68 



And by cash, 6,923 32 



It has been reduced, - - - - 15,500 00 



Leaving the amount to-day. 



S19,500 00 



The property of the Society consists of its 

 real estate, building and furniture, costing at 

 date, S251,457 28 



Library and glass ware, 



Cash in the Treasury, - - - 



6,423 94 

 398 69 



The Society owes a debt, secured by mort- 

 gage, of $100,000 00 



A floating debt of - - - 



S258,279 91 



Leaving a balance, as the cost to the Society 

 of its property at date, of - 



19,500 00 



— S119,500 00 



$138,779 91 



The Stores remain rented, as at date of last report. Our expectations 

 of income from rent of the Halls have been fully met; and although the 

 same causes which influence trade generally operate to some extent here, 

 yet we hope at least to keep up to the present standard of income. 



