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Members has been posted in the Library for the last three 

 days, agreeably to Rule 33. 



Finance. 



The income from all sources was as follows : — Govern- 

 ment grant in aid to Museum, £200 ; ditto to Gardens, 

 £600; annual subscriptions, £166; special donation from 

 Sir J. H. Lefroy, £5 ; from Marine Board, £20 ; sale 

 of plants, &:c. at Gardens, £70 45. 10c?., giving a total 

 of £1061 4s. \0d. The expenditure amounted to 

 £1046 45. 4:d., thus leaving a balance to credit in the 

 Commercial Bank of £15 Os. 6d. The outstanding 

 liabiKties will probably amount to not more than £20, 

 against which must be placed £30 125. in the hands 

 of Mr. Abbott for weekly payment of wages at Gardens^ 

 and arrears of subscriptions estimated at £20. 



Gardens. 



About 300 new plants have been added to the collection, 

 many of which, when fully developed, will doubtless prove 

 of an ornamental character. From Mons. J. Linden, 

 of Ghent, was received a collection of Camellias and 

 Azaleas, packed in an ordinary case, and sent in the hold 

 of one of the Orient steamers. The plants arrived in 

 excellent condition, the Camellias especially, not having 

 lost a leaf. The experiment will prove of interest to 

 persons introducing plants of this description. It may be 

 worthy of note that the American Cranberry (Vaccinium 

 macrocarponj, introduced into the Gardens a few years 

 ago, has increased sufficiently to fill a large tub, and is 

 apparently thriving. This plant is valuable for cultivation 

 on wet peat bogs, but suitable for little else. In Canada 

 and the United States it is subjected to regular culture, 

 and is a source of great profit. About ten thousand 

 Norfolk Island Pines have been raised from seed received 

 from Norfolk Island. This is worthy of record, as being 

 the first batch raised from seed in the Colony. The plants 

 will be valuable for effecting exchanges. In the propagating 

 yards various alterations, necessitated by the decay of the 

 old fencing, and additions have been made. A rough 



