90 



PROCKBDlNOJi OK THK 



the satisfaction to state, exhibit a favourable view of the financial 

 atVairs of tlie Society, inasmuch as the Income exceeds the 

 Kxpendilure. by .■t*l3(J4.. 16..(> : as shown in the subjoined ab- 

 stract. 



Alll)oui;h this sum is nearly £'2(K) under tliat of 1837-8, tlie 

 extra expenditure during the period under review, for adding to 

 the Lilirary the concluchnjz; parts of a valuable work, for the 

 publication of the proccediMp;s of the meetings, for the comple- 

 tion of new Builchiius at tlie (iardcn and repairs to others, and 

 for the foundation to the new ("onservatory, considerably ex- 

 ceeds that dclicieiuy. 



'J'he regulation t)f the Society bcinLi;, tliat all monies received 

 and i)aid sliall be j)assed through the Hanker's hands, the Cash 

 Account for the year ending 31 March last is as follows : 



D«- To Balance at Bankers, 1st April, 1838, . £313 2 2 

 To ditto in hands of Vice Secretary, ditto, . 5 1 

 To amount of various Receipts, . . 57^21 10 4 



Leavins^ a balance of ... . ^375 1 

 Being with Sir W. P. Call & Co. ^367 10 9* 

 Vice Secretary per P. C. Book, 7 4 



^375 1 



In addition to the Bond for £oOO. above stated to have been 

 cancelled, the Auditors find that the Council, some time since, 

 directed notice to be given for the discharge of two others for 

 £^00. and 100. which have not yet been presented ; but the 

 interest upon the latter has ceased. The Bonded Debt there- 

 fore now appears as £'9850 : and that on open account as 

 i;2556..14..1 1 J making together 5^12406.. 14.. 1 1 (which does 

 not include about ^430. due for Medals awarded ;) against this 

 amount is to be placed £7101..1 1..8t due to the Society, in- 

 cluding the Cash Balance of ^6551 ..16. .8, but exclusive of the 

 AnnufJ Subscriptions falling due on the 1st of May next. 



The other assets of the Society comprise the House, Fur- 

 niture, and Library in Regent Street, and the Garden at Chiswick, 

 with the various property therein, — of which assets, the Au- 



♦ This amount, together with £176. .IC. 7. to the credit of " Garden Exhi- 

 bitions, 1839," forms the Cash Balance per Banker's Book, £.544. .7. .4. 



t Of this sum £804..11..0 have been received since the 1st of April last. — 

 Note by the Secretary, September 1, 1839. 



£G039 12 7 



C- By Bond paid off, . . ^500 O 

 By various payments by Checks, '■2667 I 

 By ditto through \'ice Secretary, 2497 10 





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 9 



5664 12 6 



