finally was met as follows: 
1. Supplementary Tax Budget appropriation.....................$5,203.75 
2. Special contributions of Private Funds........................ 2,152.45 
3. Increased economies... 0.000000 eee 2,236.08 
PO neg eeepc d eee ee eas ba oe Se ee re $9, 592, 73 
We closed the year without a deficit. 
except for the supplementary Tax Budget appropriation for 
Wages it would have been necessary for us to reduce our per diem 
force. The present force is not adequate for maintaining the 
plantations at the standard proper for a public botanic garden. 
The amount appropriated by the Board of Estimate for Wages for 
1938 ($17,500) is $263.75 less than the amount expended for 1937, 
Tax Budget and Private Funds 
The figures for the past two years are as follows: 
1936 1937 Change 
Tax ee Ss ehitiacnanss oie a aeahn era S 944.31 $ 89,457.75 S$ 486.56 Dec. 
Private Funds.................. 3,157.88 90,066.71 3,091.17 Dec. 
$183,102.1 19 $179,524.46 $3,577.73 Dec. 
For the past eight years the percentages of the two budgets 
have been as follows: 
1930 1931 1932 1933 L934 1935 1936 1937 
Tax Budget....44% 48% 50% 47.2% 49.2% 48.3% 491% 49.8% 
Private Funds—50% 52% 50% 52.8% 50.8% 51.7% 50.9% 50.2% 
The 1937 Tax Budget appropriation was $20,453.20 less than 
requested, as follows: 
Requested Granted Difference 
Personal Service................$ 90,611.95 $76,192.75 $14,419.20 Dec. 
Other Codes. ..............0.... 19.2 99.00 13,265.00 6,034.00 Dec 
$109 910.95 $8945 7.75 $20,453.20 Dec. 
The initial Tax Budget appropriation for Personal Service for 
1937 was $69,068.92. On July 1 Emergency Salary Cuts, made 
January 1, 1933, on all salaries of $2,000 or more, in the total 
amount of $3,804.26, were restored. The total amount of the 
restoration for the half year, July-December 31, was $1,902.13. 
This restoration plus the supplementary appropriation of 
$5,203.75 for wages brought the Personal Service appropriation 
to the final total amount as shown above. 
