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state of the Garden-receipts during the first months of 

 the present year. 



The subjoined Table gives a comparison of the various 

 heads of Income for 1879, ^vith the corresponding amounts 

 for the previous yeai* : — 



Adding to the Income of 1879 the balance (£754 145. 

 lid.) carried forward from 1878, we find the total amount 

 of £27,217 I8s. 5d. available for the expenditure of the 

 year. 



b. Expenditure. 



This amount was disposed of in the following manner : — 

 The sum of £23,908 6s. Id. was required for the ordi- 

 nary expenditure of the year. The extraordinary expen- 

 diture during the same period amounted to £1238 11*. \d. 

 The sum of £1000 was paid to Messrs. Drummond on 

 account of their mortgage on the Society's House and 

 Premises. This left a balance at the Society's Bankers, 

 on the 31st of December last, of £1071 \s. 3d., which 

 was carried forward for the benefit of the present year. 



The subjoined Table gives the various items of expen- 

 diture of 1879, and a comparison of each of them with the 

 corresponding amount paid in 1878 : — 



