140 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ February is, isss. 
We think the item of old arrears due by Fellows, amounting to 
£402, should be written off, as it appears as an asset in the balance 
sheet which does not exist. 
But for the large amount paid in the past year for law charges, 
the revenue of the year would have been equal to pay all expenses 
and to leave a balance of £500 in hand. 
We remain, my Lord and Gentlemen, 
Your most obedient Servants, 
JOHN LEE, l Auditors 
JAS. F. WEST, J Auait01s - 
To the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
To Exhibitions :— 
Cash paid. Debts payable. 
A s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
£ s. 
d. 
Advertising . 
... 255 6 
0 
15 
16 
6 
271 2 
6 
Prizes and Medals ... 
52 19 
9 
503 
2 
6 
556 2 
3 
Bands . 
,.. 100 16 
0 
100 16 
0 
Superintendent o 
| 95 0 
o 
25 
0 
Flower Shows .. 
Labour . 
... 102 8 
5 
102 8 
5 
Judges’ Fees. 
16 16 
0 
16 16 
0 
Sundries . 
... 172 15 
8 
172 15 
8 
Police . 
22 12 
4 
22 12 
4 
£6,413 15 
1 
787 
5 
4 
Totals. 
£ 
1,267 13 2 
£7,201 0 5 
Balance Sheet, 31st December, 1882. 
Dr. £ s. d. £ s. 
To Sundry Creditors . 787 5 4 
„ London and County Bank. 388 13 9 
„ Special Prize Account, unpaid. 3 0 0 
-1,178 19 
„ Legacies received. 1,887 8 
„ General Revenue Account—Balance carried forward . 1,323 10 
£4,389 18 
d. 
Income. 
Cash received. Debts receivable. 
CR. 
By Balance of Capital Expenditure Account ) 
31st December, 1881 . f 
Deduct amount of Freake’s Debenture, now become 
a Liability of the Commissioners for the Exhi¬ 
bition of 1851 . £5,000 0 0 
„ Balance of Life Composition Account 410 0 9 
£ s. d. £ s. d. 
£ s. d. 
By Annual Subscriptions. 3,745 7 0 
„ Exhibitions. 1,019 9 5 
„ Evening FSte . 9 18 11 
„ Daily Admissions . 444 14 0 
„ Garden Produce. 556 4 1 
„ Packing Charges. 26 6 0 
„ Miscellaneous Receipts. 677 19 10 
„ “ Davis Bequest ”—Inteiesta,p- 1 
propriated under provisions of > 62 6 10 
Trust towards Prize Money .. ) 
£ 
214 
39 4 11 
7 11 6 
Totals. 
£ s. d. 
5,959 11 0 
1,019 9 5 
9 18 11 
444 14 0 
595 9 0 
33 17 6 
677 19 10 
62 6 10 
7,111 0 2 
£6,542 6 1 
261 0 5 6,803 
6 6 
„ Balance to General Revenue Account . 
£7.201 
0 5 
„ Debtors, viz :— 
5,410 0 9 
Annual Subscriptions outstanding .. 
Garden Produce. 
Sundries . 
Packing charges . 
„ Great International Fisheries Exhibition 
31st Dec., 1881 1882. 
1,700 19 5 
402 3 
40 19 
0 214 
3 39 
4 0 
4 11 
30 8 8 
7 11 6 
£261 0 
32 18 
4 73 7 11 293 18 6 767 6 5 
„ Investments—3 per cent. Consols . 1,892 11 3 
----- . 29 0 11 
£4.389 18 0 
„ Petty Cash in hand . 
We have examined the above Accounts with the Books and Vouchers, and we 
find the same correct— JOHN LEE, ) 
31st January, 1883. JAS. F. WEST, ] A,umols - 
We have examined the above Accounts with the Books and Vouchers, and we 
find the same correct. JOHN LEE, ) 
31st January, 1883. JAS. F. WEST, } Aumtots. 
General Revenue Account, 31st December, 1882. 
Dr. 
To Annual Revenue Account :— 
„ Balance for the year 1882 . 
CR. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
397 13 
11 
1,323 
10 
2 
11.721 
4 
1 
£ 
s. 
d 
1,721 
4 
1 
11,721 
4 
1 
We have examined the above Account with the Books and Vouchers, and we 
find the same correct. JOHN LEE, ) . ... 
JAS. F. WEST, J Audllors - 
31st January, 1883. 
Annual Revenue Account for the Year ending 31st December, 1882. 
Expenditure. 
Cash paid. Debts payable. 
Establishment Expenses :— 
£ «. 
d. 
£ 
8, 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Salaries. 
259 2 
8 
259 
2 
8 
Wages . 
161 18 10 
161 
18 
10 
Printing, Stationery 1 
and Cards. ) 
104 0 
5 
48 13 
10 
152 
14 
3 
Postage. 
63 5 
3 
15 
9 
6 
78 
14 
9 
Gas. 
19 19 
5 
9 
10 
6 
29 
9 
11 
Miscellaneous . 
, 131 13 
5 
33 
16 
3 
165 
9 
8 
Chairs. 
. 79 3 
4 
79 
3 
4 
Law Charges . 
911 0 
4 
911 
0 
4 
Special Expenses in Relation to Horticulture :— 
Lecturer and Demon- | 
■ 100 0 
0 
100 
0 
0 
strator on Botany j 
Plant and Seed Dis¬ 
tribution . 
| 162 17 
4 
162 17 
4 
Fruit and Floral Com- i 
mittees . 
J 60 15 
4 
10 
7 
9 
71 
3 
1 
Grants in aid .. 
. 165 0 
0 
165 
0 
0 
Chiswick Garden Expenses: — 
Rents, rates, taxes, 1 
235 0 
4 
57 17 
0 
292 
17 
4 
and insurance .. J 
Labour. 
. 1,028 16 
6 
1,028 
16 
6 
Implements, Manure, &c. 133 5 
10 
133 
5 
10 
Coal and Coke. 
. 166 14 
4 
23 
12 
0 
190 
6 
6 
Repairs . 
. 135 10 
0 
28 
17 
3 
164 
7 
3 
Trees, Plants, Seeds, &c. 23 12 
2 
6 
9 
0 
30 
1 
2 
Superintendent’s Salary. 
. 150 0 
0 
150 
0 
0 
Water. 
. 14 1 
5 
14 
1 
5 
Miscellaneous . 
. 88 15 
4 
7 
18 
6 
96 
13 10 
Kensington Garden Expenses :— 
Rates, taxes, and insurance 505 7 
10 
605 
7 
10 
Superintendent’s Salary. 
. 100 0 
0 
100 
0 
0 
Labour . 
. 503 13 
7 
503 
13 
7 
Repairs . 
.. 17510 
4 
6 
11 
6 
182 
1 10 
Coal and Coke . 
0 
16 10 
0 
67 
5 
0 
Implements and Manure 37 14 
3 
37 
14 
3 
Water. 
0 
29 
18 
0 
Reading Room. 
9 
1 
16 
0 
24 17 
9 
Bands. 
0 
34 
2 
0 
Miscellaneous . 
10 5 
9 
0 17 
3 
11 
3 
0 
Totals. 
£ 
s. d. 
1,837 13 9 
499 0 5 
2,100 9 10 
1,496 3 3 
MISS NORTH’S ORCHID PICTURES. 
From all accounts these paintings are remarkably good, and 
should be seen by all who have the opportunity. I am in the 
position of a dweller in the far north, and in common with many 
more who are deeply interested in anything connected with 
Orchids, and who at the same time have not much chance of 
being in London, I feel that it would be a great boon to those who 
cannot visit London if the collection of paintings were exhibited 
in some of the chief towns throughout the country. 
They might remain in their present quarters for a year or two, 
and then be sent for a few months to several of the leading towns 
both in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Six months at twelve 
of our towns would be six years, and I feel certain that many 
more people would visit the exhibition in that time than would 
be the case if they remained the same time in their present 
quarters. 
Of course there may be a provision that will forbid such an 
exhibition of these paintings. I know not. But if there is not, 
I am sure great benefit would be conferred on many if those who 
have the management would allow this interesting collection to be 
shown in the provinces. The taste for Orchids is growing rapidly, 
and such a display of portraits of so many of these beautiful 
members of the floral family, as seen growing in their native places, 
would tend to increase their cultivation. Many people are 
banishing the idea that has long prevailed, that only those who 
have great command of heat, and are possessed of some myste¬ 
rious secrets in regard to cultivation, can grow Orchids satis¬ 
factorily. The fact is that anyone who has a love of gardening, 
and is possessed of a fair amount of intelligence, can grow 
many beautiful Orchids with a very moderate expenditure for 
heating without any initiation into particular secrets, and no very 
great amount of labour. Many gentlemen who only have one or 
two glass houses, and who spend their spare time in them, are now 
taking up the cultivation of Orchids, and when once the taste is 
acquired it developes very rapidly. 
The successful cultivation of many Orchids can be attained. 
Nothing can be more calculated to increase the appreciation of 
Orchids than the display of so many of them depicted so ably. 
Gardeners who have all the appliances, and are cultivating, it may 
be, thousands of Orchids ; gardeners who are following in the wake 
