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Marine Board, £20 ; sale of plants, &c., at gardens, 

 £87 Is. 9d. ; this with £30 12s. in the hands of 

 the Sujjerintendent of the gardens for pa37inent of 

 wages; £24 arrears of subscriptions ; and £4 10s. 

 in the hands of the collector will give a total of 

 £920 13s. 9d. The expenditure as per balance 

 sheet amounted to £923 15s. lOd., leaving a 

 balance to debit of £3 2s. Id. 



As the balance to debit at the close of 1872 was 

 £15 Is. 6d., it will be seen that the Society has at 

 last almost emerged from debt. This is highly satis- 

 factory as several expenses of an extraordinary 

 character have been incurred and liquidated since 

 last report. It will be noticed by the present 

 balance sheet that arrears of subscriptions to the 

 amount of £37 10s. have been received; the sum 

 of £33 is, however, still due. Of this £24 have been 

 fairly calculated upon as safe. It is earnestly to be 

 hoped that members will not allow these small 

 arrears to remain any longer against their names. 

 From neglect or carelessness in this matter the 

 Society has for many years incurred a continuous 

 loss in the item of interest on overdrawn account. 



GARDENS. 



The cutting in connection with the Main Line 

 Railway through the Gardens has been completed 

 during the year, and a substantial ornamental 

 bridge has been thrown across it. When the slopes 

 of the cutting are planted, and the ground con- 

 tiguous to the line laid out, this promises to become 

 not the least attractive portion of the Gardens. 



In consequence of the gang of prison labour 

 having been greatly reduced for many months, 

 very little progress has been made with the new 

 entrance. This work, however, is now in hand 

 with a view to its speedy completion. 



In the propagating yards, two small and inex- 



