REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 



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Brought forward 



Office Account, 



Salaries $4,5SO 80 



Fuel . . 101 60 



Current expenditures 568 65 



Research Account, 



Salaries 484 96 



Drawing plates 87 64 



Current expenditures 258 60 



Scholarship Account, 



Instruction 721 90 



Care of Lodge 240 00 



Fuel 72 09 



Current expenditures 135 08 



Total maintenance expenditure .... 

 Garden Improvement Account, 



Growing houses 436 70 



Chemical laboratory % 604 43 



Restoring plants and plant house damaged 



by lire 1,532 26 



Garden storm repairs ........ 287 77 



Total amount expended on Garden . . . 



Publication Account, 



Fifteenth annual volume 1,460 88 



Garden hand-book, second edition .... 957 05 



" " third " .... 555 00 



Exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition . 100 00 



Property Expenses, 



State, school, city and sprinkling tax . . . 35,463 17 



Streets, sidewalks and sewers 47,417 33 



Insurance 5,799 67 



Repairs 3,596 96 



Improvements 2,387 85 



New building 398 90 



Office Expenses, 



Salaries 4,200 00 



Office rent 900 00 



Printing, advertising, telephone, etc.. . 864 57 



Bequests, 



Annual Flower Sermon 200 00 



Annual Flower Show 235 00 



Trustees' Annual Banquet 1,627 80 



Gardeners' Annual Banquet 331 86 



Washington University, School of Botany . 588 53 



Carried forward 



$37,539 73 



5,251 05 



831 20 



1,169 07 



$44,791 05 



2,861 16 



$547,652 21 



3,072 93 



95,063 88 



5,964 57 



2,983 19 

 $ 154,736 78 





