REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1892, 



REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 



SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES, .TAX. llTH, 1893. 



To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 



The financial results of the year just closed have been 

 entirely satisfactory and the estimate made for the probable 

 income has been exceeded notwithstanding there were a 

 number of vacant buildings at the last report, which were, 

 however, rented during the year, and the expenditures were 

 less, with the exception of two accounts, than the estimates. 



During the past year no extensive improvements have 

 been undertaken at the Garden, but the liberal appropria- 

 tions made for its maintenance have been judiciously ex- 

 pended, as its appearance during the past summer indicated, 

 and for a more extensive notice of the work done you are 

 referred to the report of the Director of the Garden. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the condition of the rev- 

 enue property has been well kept up, and in some cases 

 improved, the Garden fully provided for, all of Mr. Shaw's 

 wishes carried out, and the taxes paid, all out of the rev- 

 enue for the year, we are able to show a surplus of 

 $17,636.50, which, with that on January 1, 1892, makes a 

 total of $23,561.59. 



The property of the Board in the business portions of 

 the city, is, with one or two exceptions, now occupied at fair 

 rentals, some in excess of last year, and our income for next 

 year should be at least 10 per cent, greater than last. 



The Director of the Garden was instructed by the Board 

 to make a careful inventory of the Library and Herbarium 



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