SHEET, 31st DECEMBER, 1916. 
Cr. 
ASSETS. 
By Dwelling Houses — £ s. d. £ s. d. 
As at 31st December, 1915 . £5,651 17 4 
Expenditure since . . . 155 9 5 
5,807 6 9 
,, Glass Houses, Ranges, Potting Shed, &c. — 
As at 31st December, 191 5 .... 5,202 6 o 
,, Laboratory — 
As at 31st December, 1915 . £11,344 16 2 
Expenditure since . . 7,447 19 4 
18,792 15 6 
— 29,802 8 3 
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 .... 1,202 11 o 
,, Motor Car ....... 150 0 0 
Less Depreciation . . . .. 50 o o 
— 100 o o 
,, Library . • . . . . 255 5 o 
3L360 4 3 
,, Investment of Depreciation and Renewals 
Reserve Account, 31st December, 1915 — 
£2,981 us. lod. 3^% India Stock 
cost .... £2,772 7 o 
£675 85. 3d. z\ % Consols cost 398 14 3 
. 3,171 1 3 
Add Cash at Bank for Investment, 31st 
December, 1916 ..... 340 3 6 
— 3,511 4 9 
„ 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 191 2. 4 1 % 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 1 % 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% % £3,229 5s. 6d. 1,889 2 6 
London County Consolidated 3!% Stock 
£135 8s. 4d. . . . . ~ . 130 o o 
— • 25,000 o o 
£59,871 9 o 
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, 191.6. 
ALFRED C. HARPER, Auditor 
(Harper Brothers & Feather, Chartered Accountants), 
35 Great Tower Street, London, E.C. 
19th January, 191 7. 
