REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1909. 



REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 



JANUARY 



To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 



We submit for your consideration the financial results for 

 the year ending December 31, 1909. 



Our receipts from rentals were $2,322.32 in excess of those 

 for the year 1908, in addition to which our taxes were 

 $3,534.02 less than the year previous, that amount having 

 been assumed by the lessee of one piece of property as part of 

 the rental, so that the actual increase was $5,866.34. Our 

 loss through vacancies during the year amounted to 



$2,620.68, and $282.50 was charged 



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We have several 



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diminution in our income during 



income property have been m 



other than necessary repairs. 



We have disposed of 178 feet on Flora boulevard, for the 

 sum of $13,650.00 ; and 210 feet on McRee avenue between 

 Grand and Spring avenues, for $7,316.87. 



Demands for street improvements have not been so heavy 

 as in recent years, but the following expenditures have been 



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Lawrence street .... Roadway and sidewalks . . $ 2,885 79 



Thurman avenue .... Sidewalks 382 64 



Tower Grove avenue . . . Sidewalks 957 76 



Spring avenue Sidewalks 1 , 033 96 



Sewer between McRee and Lafayette avenues .... 7,440 27 



$12,700 42 



Several streets just completed pr under contract will call 

 for additional expenditures during the year 1910, as follows : 



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