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Accounts of Botanic Gabden Boabd, 1881-82.

Receipts. £ b. A. Balance in hand, 28th July, 1881 ... ... 287 2 8 Repaid by Government on account of labour ... 121 10 4 Share of rents from city reserves, 18 months ending 31st March, 1882 ... ... 259 4 4 Sale of plants and flowers ... ... ... 48 10 0 £716 7 4

ExPE-tDITUBE. £ S. d. Garden work (including keeper's salary, nurserywork, roads, &c), ... ... ... 230 19 7 Experimental culture for G-overnmenfc ... 121 10 4 Clearing gorse by contract ... ... ... 42 0 0 Ploughing ... ... ... ... 6 4 0 Materials, paint, ironwork, pipes, &c. ... 13 11 9 Balance ... ' ... ... 302 1 8 £716 7 4

Arthur Stock, Bth. August, 1882. Hon. Treasurer.

Distribution of Seeds. The seeds received by Government from America this season have been distributed as follows Reserves at Rotorua. School of Agriculture, Lincoln. ~ Taupo. Hospital Reserve, Wellington. The Lake County Council. Education Reserve at Masterton. Public Domain at Auckland. „ Mauriceville. „ New Plymouth. Public ~ Wanganui. „ Napier. „ Waverley. „ Nelson. „ Poverty Bay. „ Christchureh. Botanic Garden, Wellington. „ Dunedin. Also to sixty private persons in various parts of „ Invercargill. the colony.

Authority: GEOBGE Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington. —1882.