1834-09-01 Treasurer's Report for 1834, 2021.020.005

The Treasurer begs leave to lay before the Committee his annual report on the State of their finances.

The time fixed for the annual meetings of the Horticultural Society, as well as other considerations of conveniences, have induced him to regard each year as closing on 31 August, whether instead of the 24th Sep. the Anniversary of the Consecration of the Cemetery, and in future his accounts will be made up accordingly.

When the accounts were last rendered (September 12th) 258 lots had been sold, the amount expended for land and improvements and appurtenances to the Garden & Cemetery was $21421.65 and the debt due from the Committee, including the notes given for land & signed by the President of the Horticultural Society, exceeded the assets by the sum of $4126.93.

By the Trial Balance of the Treasurer's book accompanying this, it appears that during the past year the further sum of $3790.23 has been disbursed for improvements & the deficit in means to meet the debt reduced to the sum of $2986.16

In both years the Superintendent's salary and amt paid for labor, plants, implements etc, after deducting receipts for levelling & ornamenting lots, are embraced in the general amount against the Garden & Cemetery; and at the close of each some debts were due to & from the

Superintendent which from the difficulty in ascertaining the precise sums, or other causes, could not be brought into the current accounts.

The funds in the Treasury amtg to $3867.32 as appears by the Auditors certificate herewith submitted, and the debts to be collected, amtg to $1536 may be chiefly appropriated to the reduction of the Committee's debt in the opinion of the Treasurer, there being no reasonable doubt but the Sales for the coming year will be equal to the ordinary expenses. An outlay on the Garden may be deemed expedient this autumn in order to render it productive as soon as may be.

It may be proper to add that the whole number of lots sold is 351 producing the sum of $23225.72 and the Sales in the respective years were as follows, to wit;

All which is submitted George Bond

September 1. 1834

Trial Balance of Treasurers Books 3rd year ending 31 August 1834.

Boston 1 Sep 1834. This certifies that I have examined the accounts of Geo Bond, Treas of G & Cemetery Com. of M. H. Society & find the same properly vouched & cast & that there remains a balance in his hands of Thirty eight hundred Sixty seven dollars 32/100.

B. A. Gould Audr Accts.

Treasurers Report September 1 1834