REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1910. 
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JANUARY 11, 1911. 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
We submit for your consideration the financial results 
for the year ending December 31st, 1910. 
The receipts from rentals in 1910 were $2,743.61 less than 
the previous year, the result of a number of vacancies in the 
properties of the Board, some of them for almost the entire 
year, but most of them were filled during the year, and 
all are now occupied except two, which no doubt will be 
rented within a short time. Our loss in rentals through 
vacancies amounted to $8,406.00, and $167.00 was charged 
off as uncollectable-—about one-eighth of 1 per cent of the 
total earnings. 
The above mentioned vacancies, seven in number, neces- 
sitated an unusually large expenditure for repairs, as all 
were old buildings from 40 to 70 years of age, and had been 
almost continuously occupied for many years. All have 
been put in good condition, and the rest of the income prop- 
erty has received necessary repairs. 
Several leases expiring during the coming year have been 
renewed at a large increase in rentals, and we feel assured 
of a gain of at least $15,000 in rentals for the year 1911 
over those of the year 1910. 
We have disposed of 270 feet on Flora boulevard for the 
sum of $19,600.00. 
The Board are the owners of much vacant unimproved 
residence property on the south side in proximity to the 
Garden, and as the demands for street improvements have 
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