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July 24, 1794
Account of disbursements by Sir Jos. Banks on account of Providing Fruit Trees & usefull Plants for the Companies garden at Calcutta & also of Providing Garden Tools for Mr. Smith the Companies Gardiner. These all of which were sent out in the Royal Admiral.
Plants
| No. 1 | Gray & Wear English Fruit Trees | 17.2.10 |
| 2. | Lee & Co. West Indian Fruit Trees | 5.15.6 |
| 3. | Dickson & Anderson Garden Seeds | 2.19.0 |
| 4. | Stephenson for mending the Plant Boxes | 16.6 |
| 26.13.10 |
Sir Jos. Banks was authorised by several of the Directors in a conversation he had the honor to hold with them when the business of sending out Plant a Plant Cabbin was first resolvd upon to expend £25 in Purchasing Fruit Trees & usefull Plants to be sent in it & he begs to Remark that no Exotic Fruits were purchased that could possibly be spard from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
Tools
| 5. | Bonhams Garden Tools | 18.11.10 |
| 6. | Ethrington Watering Pots | 2.4.0 |
| 7. | Charlwood Pruning & Grafting Knives | 3.4.0 |
| 23.19.10 |
As the above articles are in Sir Josephs opinion absolute necessaries he continued to Purchase them without making application to the Court of Directors in order to save time & attendance not doubting that if the Court agree in opinion with him that they are necessary & that