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 932 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [May i, 1883, j 



Miiller, C, De Muscorum Ceylonensium coll. Neitner, 1868. (Presented.) 

 Harvey, Nereis Australis, i^arts 1 aud 2, 1848-9. (Presented.) 

 Cooke, M. C, British Fimgi, 2 Vols., 1870-1. (Presented.') 

 Ward, H. M., Morphology of Hemileia vastatrix, 1882. (Presented.) 

 Brown, E., Misceilaueous Botanical Works, 2 Vols, aud Atlas, 1866-8. (Presented.) 

 Darwin, C, The Forms of Flowers, 1877. (Presented.) 

 Ford, C, Report on Cassia lignea, 1882. (do.) 



Neitner, The Coffee Tree and its enemies, 1872 (do ) 

 The Planters' Gazette, 1882. (Presented.) 



Linnean Society's Journal — Botany, 18 Vols., 1857 — 81. (Presented). 

 Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers, 1881. (Presented.) 

 Moore, F., Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Parts 3, 4 and 5. (Presented.) 

 Hooker, Icones Plautarum, Vol. XIV., Parts 3 and 4 (in continuation). 

 And numerous memoirs, papers and pamphlets. 



Also the numbers for the year, in continuation, of the following periodical publications :— 

 Belgique Horticole, Botanical Magazine, Botauische Zeitung, Gardener's Chronicle, Flora, Indian 

 Forester, Nature, Pharmaceutical Journal, Journal of Botany and Tropical Agriculturist. 



We have also received the usual Annual Reports of Indian and Colonial Botanic Gardens, 

 Forests, Cinchona plantations, &c. 



■ VI.— Eeceipts from Sales. 

 The sales of plants and seeds have been consideral)ly less than in 1881, the Gardens 

 especially suffering from the general depression and want of ready money. 



The following are the receipts paid to the Treasurer during the year : — 



Rs. cts. 



Total... Rs. 3,570 31 \ 



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against Rs, 4,938-32 in the previous year. \ 



The sale of Hakgala bark at Colombo produced, clear of all charges, Rs. 959'26, making ; 



the total receipts up to Rs. 4, .529- 57. j 



In the number of fur chasers the diminution is still more evident — | 



At Peradeniya ... 489 "\ 



Henaratgoda ... 130 •■ ! 



Hakgala "... 39 j 



Total 658 j 



against a total of 1,147 in the year 1881. '. 



VII. — Expenditure, 



The total expenditure on this Establishment for 1882 has been Rs. 37,824-58, divided as \ 



follows : — I : 



Es. cts. I 



Salaries ... ... ... 17,798 25 



Gardeners' and Labourers' Wages : — ! 



Peradeniya (Revenue Service) ... 8,181 73 ' 



Hakgala ( do. ) . . 3,000 00 



Henaratgoda ( do. ) ... 1,999 41 ■ 



Pavilion, Kandy (Miscellaneous) ... 2,173 75 



Ofl5ce Contingencies ... ... 2,598 64 



Stationery (Revenue Service) ... ... 74 66 



Travelling aud Collecting (Transport) ... 1,998 14 



Es. 37,824 81 



HENRY TRIMEN, M.B., 

 P^rddeniya, 1st January, 1883. Director. 



