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APPENDIX 5 
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT 
ResotutioN Apoptep By THE Boarp oF ESTIMATE AND APPOR- 
TIONMENT ON Marcu 3, 1916, APPROVING TRANSFERS OF 
Funps To THE AMOUNT OF $201.92, APPROPRIATED 
IN THE Tax BUDGET OF THE BROOKLYN 
BoTANIC GARDEN FOR IQ15. 
Department of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn—Transfer of Ap- 
| propriation (Cal. No. 42). 
The Secretary presented a communication dated February 7, 
1916, from the Commissioner of Parks, Borough of Brooklyn, 
requesting a transfer within the appropriation for 1915; and the 
following report of the Comptroller recommending approval 
thereof : 
February 24, 1916. 
To THE Boarp or EsTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT: 
Gentlemen—On February 7, 1916, the Commissioner of Parks, 
Borough of Brooklyn, requested the transfer of $201.92 within 
the appropriations made to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and 
Arboretum, for the year 1915. 
The Bureau of Contract Supervision, to which the request was 
referred on February 9, 1916, reports thereon as follows: 
“The proposed transfer of $136.57 to account 1362, General 
Plant Equipment, is for the purpose of meeting, 1n part, an out- 
standing bill for the installation of snow guards at the green- 
houses, made necessary by the heavy fall of snow in December. 
“The proposed transfer of $4.69 to account 1364, General Re- 
pairs, is required to meet, in part, an outstanding bill for emerg- 
ency repairs to the greenhouses which were damaged by snow in 
December, 1915. 
“The proposed transfer of $60.66 to account 1370, Contin- 
gencies, is made necessary by the fact that an allowance of $350, 
which was made for traveling expenses in the 1915 budget, has 
proved insufficient. This traveling was considered necessary and 
