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One vol. History of the Vegetable Kingdom 
One vol. Johnson’s Gardening Dictionary 
One vol. Loudon’s Gardening 
Two vols. Lindlov’s Botany 
One vol. Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary 
One vol. Medical and Economic Botany 
One vol. Mrs. Iv. Lees’ Trees, Plants, and Flowers 
Silk Worm Map' 
Sundry printed Reports and Miscellaneous Papers 
One Gold Medal, one Silver Medal. 
£ s. d. 
Cash in Commercial Bank .... 81 19 0 
Subscriptions due to the Society. 240 0 0 
£321 19 0 
LIABILITIES. 
£ s. d„ 
Herald . 14 0 
Empire. 1 3 9 
Reading and Wellbank . 1 10 0 
Cooper ..... 4 10 0 
Petty Cash Account. 3 8 0 
Ten per cent., on £28 7s.. 2 16 0 
Secretary’s Salary, for the Quarter ending 13th October . 17 10 0 
„ ' „ to the 8th December. 10 14 0 
£42 15 9 
SCHEDULE OF THE PROPERTY, EFFECTS, AND LIABILITIES OF THE HORTICULTURAL 
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, on the 8th Day of DECEMBER. 1856. 
One large Exhibition Tent, 150 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 21 feet high, together with fixings, tables, green 
baize, &c. 
Two small Secretary’s Tents 
Secretary’s Desk 
Six Office Chairs 
Two Candlesticks 
One pair of Sconces, Scissors, &c. 
Thirteen vols. of Books 
Design for a Conservatory 
Photographic Picture 
Three bottles of Indigenous Capers 
Three bottles of Olive Oil, made in the Colony 
One bottle of Sulphuric Acid 
Collection of Colonial Grasses 
Collection of Ferns 
Specimens of Plants 
Specimens of Pines from the Landes 
Specimens of Sappa Cloth 
Specimens of Sandal Wood 
And sundry other articles, as set forth in the annual Reports of the Society. 
£ s. d. 
Cash in hand . v . 37 17 3 
Subscriptions due to the Society . 193 4 0 
£231 1 3 
LIABILITIES. 
T. T. Smith, balance of Account. 40 16 0 
Reading and Wellbank, printing, &c. 14 8 2 
J. Fairfax, Herald . 12 8 0 
Andrew Lenehan, hire of chairs. 4 6 0 
H. Parkes, Empire . 19 18 0 
£91 16 2 
