182 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Outdoor Flower Show 275 32 



Expense Paid from Funds 525 23 



J. D. W. French Fund $119 46 



J. S. Farlow Fund 57 04 



White Medal Fund 261 73 



J. Lewis Russell Fund 25 00 



J. C. Claffin Fund 62 00 



$25,203 43 $25,203 43 



Excess of Expense $3,781 93 



AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE. 



Boston, April 2, 1918. 



To the Finance Committee of the 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston. 



Gentlemen: 



We have audited the accounts of the Treasurer and of the Bursar for 

 the year ended December 31, 1917, and find all payments supported by 

 suitable vouchers and all receipts properly recorded and deposited. 



All securities reported to be on hand on January 1, 1917, or which have 

 been acquired since, were seen either to be on h9,nd on the day of the 

 examination or were fully accounted for by the records. 



The cash report of the Treasurer was checked and found to be in agree- 

 ment with the books, and the decrease in accumulated income due to 

 expense pajrments in excess of income receipts is correctly set forth in the 

 income-and-expense statement herewith. 



Very respectfully, 



Harvey S. Chase & Co. 



