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varieties, are now under cultivation in the plantations and con- 



servatories. 



1 

 (rf) Income. — The municipal appropriation for maintenance 



$ 



1920; pri- 



* The original appropriation for maintenance for 1920 Avas $65,000. 

 On August 20, the rate became $74o53< owing to an increase of all 'salaries 



as of that date. 



$ 



for permanent improvements on the condition that private funds of a like 

 amount be provided. This condition could not be met, and the appro- 

 priation, therefore, did not become available. 



L 



vate funds income from $1,314 in 1910 to $34,163.83 in 1920; and 

 endowment from $50,000 to $95,525. 



Similar comparisons might be made for every activity and de- 

 partment. .A tabular statement is given in Table I (p. 25). 



What It Has Cost 



The total of annual expenditures from the tax budget of the 

 City of New York for the maintenance of the Garden from 191 1 

 to 1920 inclusive is $395-595- The contributions of private funds 

 for this purpose, for the same period, have amounted to $162,013. 

 In 1919 more than one half the cost of maintenance was met from 

 private funds, to the great detriment of our educational and scien- 

 tific work. \ 



For permanent improvements, including initial grading and 

 topsoiling, and construction of walks and buildings, there have 

 been expended, of corporate stock and special revenue bonds of 

 the City of New York $274,744, and of private funds $129,577. 

 , By the terms of the Agreement between the City and the Brook- 

 lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for the administration of the 

 Garden, it is provided that the necessary cost of maintenance 

 shall be met by the City, but that the purchase of all plants shall 

 be made from private funds. In addition to this, it has been the 

 practice of the Garden from the beginning to pnrchase all books 

 for the library, herbarium specin^ens, lantern slide 

 and photographs, and all other illustrative material from private 



s, neg-atives, 



funds. 



The grand total of expenditures for all purposes — construction 

 of buildings and conservatories; grading, topsoiling, initial plant- 



