THE INAUGURAL MEETING. 11 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, Isaac H. Locke, Chair- 

 man. 



Report of the Committee on Gardens, Charles AV. Parker, Chair- 

 man. 



Report of the Committee on Children's Gardens, Henry Saxton 

 Adams, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Lectures and Publications, William 

 P. Rich, Chairman. 



Mr. Hunnewell, in presenting the Report of the Finance Com- 

 mittee, read the following commimication: 



AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE. 



28 State Street, Boston. 



January 11, 1907. 



To the Finance Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Gentlemen: 



In compliance with your request I have made a thorough audit of the 

 books and general accounting affairs of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for the year which ended" with the 31st day of December, 1906, 

 and herewith submit to you my report of the same. 



Report. 



I proved the correctness of the ledger, journal, and cash book, and the 

 small books tributary' to the cash book, and saw that all balances were 

 correctly carried forward. I examined and checked the vouchers and 

 warrants representing the disbursements during the year and found the 

 amount of cash required by the cash book upon the first day of January, 

 1907, to have been on hand, and also examined the securities of the Society 

 and found that they were in all details in accordance with the requirements 

 of the records. I traced all postings from the journal and cash book 

 into the ledger and certify that the balance sheet taken from the ledger 

 as of the 31st day of December, 1906, is a correct abstract and that the 

 Treasurer's statement of the assets and liabilities of the Society upon said 

 date is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 



In short, I satisfied myself that the work in connection with the account- 

 ing affairs of the Society was being conscientiously and honestly performed 

 and that the books and papers of the Society were in their usual excellent 

 condition. 



I would like to add, as Mr. Richardson closes his long service as Treasurer 



