SHEET, 31st DECEMBER, 1917. 



ASSETS. 



By Dwelling Houses— £ s. d. 



As at 31st December, 1916 .... 5,807 6 9 



„ Glass Houses, Ranges, Potting Shed, &c. — 



As at 31st December, 1916 .... 5,202 6 o 



„ Laboratory — 



As at 31st December, 1916 . £18,792 15 6 

 Expenditure since . . 1,709 19 10 



20,502 15 4 



3i»5i2 8 1 



N.B. — The Wisley Estates are, under the 

 Trust Deed, vested in the Society only so 

 long as it is in the position to use them 

 as an Experimental Garden. The value 

 of the expenditure thereon depends therefore 

 on the continual use of the Garden by the 

 Society. 



Inventory of Plant and Loose Effects — 



As taken by Mr. Chittenden . . . . 1,248 6 9 



Motor Car ....... 100 0 o 



Less Depreciation . . . . 50 o o 



50 o o 



Library ....... 263 19 6 



Investment of Depreciation and Renewals 

 Reserve Account — 



£2,981 us. lod. z\% India Stock 



cost .... £2,772 7 o 

 £675 8s. 3d. 2\ % Consols cost 398 14 3 



33,074 14 4 



3>i7i 1 3 



Add Cash for Investment, 191 6 and 191 7 . 680 7 o 



Investments — 



Great Eastern Railway Company 4 % Deben- • 



ture Stock £3,500 . ... 3,535 o o 

 Leopoldina Railway Company, Ltd. 5 % Ter- 

 minable Debentures £2,000 . . . 2,000 o o 

 City of Moscow Loan 1 91 2. 4^ % Bonds £6,000 5,730 o o 

 Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway Company 



5 % Non-Cumulative Preference Stock £2,500 2,825 o o 

 War Stock 4$ % 1925-45, £5,000 . . . 5,000 o o 

 Canadian Pacific Railway Company 4 % Perpe- 

 tual Consolidated Debenture Stock, £4,632 . 3,890 17 6 

 Consols 2 1 % £3,229 5s. 6d. 1,889 2 6 

 London County Consolidated 3^% Stock 



£135 8s. 4^. . . . . . . 130 o o 



3,851 8 3 



(In common with most pre-war Securities, the above have, for 

 sale purposes, considerably depreciated, but for revenue purposes 

 they bring in the same income as before.) 



25,000 o o 



£61,926 2 7 



I have audited the books from which the foregoing Accounts are compiled, 

 and certify that they exhibit a true and correct statement of the position on 

 the 31st Dec, 1917. 



ALFRED C. HARPER, Auditor 



(Harper Brothers & Feather, Chartered Accountants), 

 35 Great Tower Street, London, E.C. 



25th January, 191 8. 



