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The Title Deeds of the Garden we would, in conclusion, suggest 

 being deposited for safe custody with the Bank of Madras. 



j. goolden, 

 Robert Hunter. 



Madras, February 15th, 1859. 



Memorandum on Messrs. Goolden and Hunter's report on the 

 accounts of the Agri-Horticultural Society, dated the 15th ultimo. 



1st. Mr. Goolden' s subscription paid on the 23rd August, was 

 found to have been omitted when the accounts were summed up at 

 the end of the year, and was entered into the Income account 

 drawn up for the Secretary, but was not credited to the Society in 

 the General Cash book, prior to its being sent for audit. 



2. The accounts mentioned as paid, were in arrears at the end 

 of December 1858, and were paid and marked so in the Bill Book 

 in January, which will be seen by the Income account for that 

 month. 



R. Brown, Superintendent. 

 Hort. Gardens, 8th March, 1859. 



The Secretary intimates that he has examined the accounts and 

 finds the foregoing strictly correct He also informs the meeting 

 that since 1st January 1859, the accounts have been kept in the 

 prescribed form and since examined by him and found correct. 

 The accounts are now audited by him every week, and will be 

 submitted to the monthly meeting of the Committee hence- 

 forward. This arrangement is approved. 



The Title Deeds have been made over to the Secretary of the 

 Madras Bank, whose acknowledgement is to be retained by the 

 Secretary of the Society. 



The Committee acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of a 

 small packet of China Peas from Captain Proudfoot. These are 

 to be sown in the gardens for experiment. 



The following gentlemen are unanimously elected Members of 

 the Society. 



T. G. Clarke, Esq., R. Sladen, Esq., J. W. Mudge, Esq., A. H. 

 Sullivan, Esq., C. S., T. Pritchard, Esq., and Captain Obbard. 



Notice is to be given to all Members in, or near, Madras, that 

 the Annual Meeting for the nomination of Office Bearers and to 



