﻿REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1906. 



REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 



SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JANUARY 9, 1907. 



To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 



We submit for your consideration the financial results for 

 the year ending December 31st, 1906. 



The receipts from rentals are $6,310.31 above those of the 

 year 1905 and, on account of increased rentals on certain 

 properties, we anticipate a further increase of $5,000.00 

 during the coming year. All of the properties of the Board 

 have been kept in good repair and all are occupied with the 

 exception of two small pieces, bringing in a rental when 

 tenanted of $55.00 per month. 



We have disposed of 260 feet fronting on Flora Boulevard 

 for a total sum of $20,097.00 and already residences have 

 been erected on most of the ground sold. 



The Board, in order to extend its holdings at No. 514 

 Washington Avenue through to St. Charles Street, pur- 

 chased a piece of ground fronting on St. Charles Street, 14^ 

 feet by a depth of 75 feet, improved with a three-story build- 

 ing, for $37,500.00, which we have leased for a term of 25 

 years at the rate of 4.80% net on the purchase price, in con- 

 nection with our former holding. 



We have also leased, for a term of 99 years from January 

 1st 1908 the premises known as No. 608 OUve Street, at 

 an annual rental of $10,000.00 net, which is an increase of 

 100% over the price we are receiving at present. 



The demands for special taxes for streets and sewer im- 

 provements have been unusually light, amounting to only 



