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REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1897. 
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JANUARY 12, 1898. 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
We herewith present the financial results for the year 
ending December 31st, 1897. Our income from rentals 
shows an increase of $826.13 over those of 1896, notwith- 
standing several vacancies have existed throughout the 
entire year caused by a change in conditions, but they are 
mostly small buildings, and the loss of income from them 
is more than overcome by increased rentals in other 
sections. 
Extensive alterations and repairs have been made to sev- 
eral buildings which have been leased for a term of years, 
and, all properties of the Board are now in fairly good 
condition. 
The application for power to sell certain non-productive 
properties west of Grand avenue, mention of which was 
made in our last report, is still pending in the Supreme 
Court of the State of Missouri, having been argued in 
October last, and an early decision is looked for. 
Last spring ordinances were introduced and passed 
authorizing the opening and widening of Flora avenue 
from Grand to Tower Grove avenue, a distance of 4,438 
feet, to a width of one hundred and forty feet, to be im- 
proved with driveways on either side of a park place in 
thecenter. This street is to be fully improved with granit- 
oid curb, gutters and sidewalk, and telford pavement, with 
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