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CHRISTCHURCH 
CHRISTCHURCH BoTANIC GARDENS 
Established: 1861. Area: 52 acres. 
Directors: 
1. T. Barker (1864-1867) 
2. J. F. Armstrong (1867-1889) 
3. A. Taylor (1889-1907 ) 
4, J. Dawes (1907-1908) 
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6. 
. J. Young (1908-1933) 
J. A. McPherson (1933- ) 
Serves partly as a Be park. Open from sunrise to sunset. 
Source of income: By rating areas (10 miles radius from Chief 
Post Sanger Library: Approximately 125 volumes and 300 
are held among ie wring specimens, and the ae of training is 
limited to Eye years. (Both boys and girls are taken on as train- 
ees.) There is at present a proposal before the Gov ernment for 
the cal oener of this activity. 
DUNEDIN 
DunEDIN BoTANICAL GARDENS 
In 1878 this Garden was brought under the Public Domains Act 
of 1860 and placed under the control of a board of seven members. 
In 1884 this plan was terminated and the control vested in the 
Dunedin City Council. Plantations: Special section for indigenous 
plants. 
WELLINGTON (1) 
BoTANIC GARDEN 
Established: 1870 (Nature, Nov. 6, 1919, p. 263). 
WELLINGTON (2) 
Orari OrEN-AiR NATIVE PLANT MUSEUM 
Established about 1930-31 by Dr. L. Cockayne and Mr. J. G. 
Mackenzie. Native plants are grouped on an ecological basis. 
