39 
Financial Matters 
Municipal Appropriation for Maintenance—As shown in the 
appended financial statement, the municipal appropriation for 
maintenance for 1914 was $37,636.17, and while this was larger 
by $8,176.17 than the appropriation for 1913, the needs of 
the Garden were also very much larger, on account of our 
having moved into our own building, which necessitated a number 
of new employees; and also on account of larger grounds and 
more intensive cultivation, necessitating additional laborers. The 
cost of the ordinary maintenance and construction work so greatly 
exceeded the amount appropriated by the city that contributions 
for this purpose from private funds were necessary to the amount 
of $4,092.13. This, of course, is in addition to the amounts ex- 
pended for the purchase of books, living plants, and other additions 
to the scientific collections, and a portion of the expense of the 
educational work, all of which is charged to private accounts. 
The municipal appropriation for maintenance for 1915 should 
have been increased by at least $4,000 over the 1914 appropria- 
tion, but instead of that there was a decrease of over $500. 
The appropriation for 1914 was at the rate of seven tenths of 
one cent ($0.007) per inhabitant of Greater New York, two 
hundredths of one mill (So.00002) for each dollar of assessed val- 
uation of real estate in Brooklyn, or less than five thousandths of 
one mill ($0.0000046) for each dollar of assessed valuation of real 
estate in Greater New York. 
If we consider Manhattan and the Bronx as a unit, and omit 
the Aquarium from our consideration on account of its central 
location, the following comparison may be made: 
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MuniIcipAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR IQI4 PER INHABITANT OF GREATER NEW 
YorK (PoPULATION 5,333,537) FOR MusruMs, Botanic GARDENS, 
AND ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
‘Total Appropriations Appropriation 
(Except Aquarium) per Inhabitant 
Manhattan and Bronx ........2.00" $707,163 13.2 cents 
Brooklyn: 
Motal, all institutions .2..-seore 162,608 3.0 cents 
Botanic Garden -.3... soe 37,636 0.7 cent 
