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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 
(Exclusive of Permanent Improvements, Animals and Loan Certificates.) 
ASSETS. 
Cash on hand, March 1, 1875, . . $ 2,458 44 
Subscription to Loan, due and unpaid, . 15,300 00 
Members' fees and dues, " " 4,637 50 
Due by Park Commissioners for temporary road, 
35th street, .... 1,850 00 
Alfred Cope Trust Fund, . . . 27,561 00 
$51,806 94 
LIABILITIES. 
Time Warrants, .... $17,901 01 
Vulcanite Paving Company, . . 6,673 39 
Sundry — Permanent improvements, . 13,445 96 
Sundry — Maintenance, . . . 1,792 36 
Balance — Excess of Assets over Liabilities, 11,994 22 
$51,806 94 
The improvements already contracted for, and those contemplated by 
the Board, will absorb all the net receipts of the Garden for the coming 
year, and will also necessitate large additional subscriptions to the Loan of 
the Society. The Board have felt authorized to rely upon future subscrip- 
tions to the Loan, owing to the liberal manner in which subscriptions have 
heretofore been made, and believing that the large net income of the 
Society in its first year's business, so fully assures prompt payment of the 
interest on the Loan as it becomes due, as to induce further large subscrip- 
tions. 
The net receipts (exclusive of interest charges) of $27,205.14, represent 
a business of only eight months, as the Garden was only opened to the 
public July 1, 1874. 
