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form in wliidi thoy are t nabli'il to lay t\w Accounts before the 

 im»i*tinp, the Cnsh receipts bein^ now substituted for the open 

 Income of former reports, us su^j^ested at the last Anniversary 

 Meeting, from wlucb it appears, tbat the actual receipts have 

 exceeded the expenditure of the year (exclusive of that for the 

 new Conservatory) by £ir)(;i. 7.0. and if allowance be made for 

 the arrears of £ i:U)due April 1H3I> for Medals unclaimed, and 

 estimated as debt in the Auditor's Report to that time, but not 

 charj^ed in the expenditure of jjrevious years, the excess would 

 have been £ I *)<> 1 ..;..(). 



'I'hc Auditors also observe, with much j)leasure, that the Cash 

 recei|)ts of the past year exceed those of the previous year by 

 .l*s:i;)..7..(;. 



The Cash Account for the year ending 31 March last, is as 

 follows : 



D«- To Balance at liankers, 1st April, 18.S9, . £307 10 9 

 To ditto in hands of Vice Secretary, ditto, . 7 9 4 

 To amount of various Receipts, . . 6r)G() I7 10 



C*- By Bonds paid off, . . £700 ( 

 By payments on account of new 



Conservatory, . . 2236 2 2 

 By various Payments by Checks, 1189 19 9 

 By ditto through Vice Secretary, 261 1 16 



£(sv3r) 17 11 



6737 17 11 



Leaving a Balance of . . <£l98 O 



Being with Sir W. P. Call, & Co. £172 6 8* 

 Vice Secretary per P. C. Book, 25 13 4 



£198 O O 



In addition to the Bonds for £700, cancelled as above stated, 

 it will be observed that £2236. .2. .2. has been paid during the 

 year on account of the new Conservatory. The Bonded Debt of 

 the Society is now ^*9 150, and that on open accounts ^3754..10..0 

 making together £'1 2,904. .10..0, and there is due to the Society 

 566509. .9. .10, exclusive of the Annual Subscriptions due on the 

 1st of May next. At the same time the property of the Society 

 is much increased in value by the erection of the splendid Con- 

 servatory at the Garden. 



21, Regent Street, R, W. EYLES. 



25th April, 1840. jj. GROOM. 



WM. HASLEDINE PEPYS. 

 A. PEYTON PHELPS. 

 ROBERT WRENCH. 



* This amount, together with £318. .3. .6. to the credit of " Garden Ex- 

 hibitions, 1840," forms the Cash Balance per Banker's Book, £490. .10. .2. 



