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contributed through other channels or met assessments for the 
same purpose in fraternal organizations, the contributions to the 
Garden fund were notably generous. The total amount raised 
was $1,236.06, all of which has been disbursed for per diem labor. 
Emergency Work and Relief Bureat—This Bureau is the dis- 
tributing agency for the Emergency Unemployment Relief Com- 
mittee, which has no official connection with any department of 
government. By this organization 102 temporary employees (71 
men and 31 women) have been assigned at the Garden in various 
capacities during the year. As last year, the indoor people (2 
men and 21 women) worked five days a week at $3 a day, and 
the men outdoors three days a week at $5 a day. The outdoor 
work included only unskilled labor as none of the men assigned 
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were trained gardeners. The indoor employment, as last year, 
included herbarium, library, office, and general curatorial assistance. 
Since some of the daily papers have referred to those assigned 
€ 
by the Relief Bureau as engaged in “made” jobs, it should be 
noted that such has not been the case at the Botanic Garden. 
Every person assigned has been doing work that has needed to 
be done for several yeas, but has had to be postponed because 
funds (in many cases frequently requested) had never been ap- 
propriated. 
Brooklyn Bureau of Charities—It is the policy and practice 
of this organization to provide work, whenever practicable, for 
those who apply to it for aid. During the year the Bureau has 
assigned 41 men to the Botanic Garden, a total of 3267 man-days, 
maintaining a payroll averaging $250.73 a week. By this admir- 
able plan “ charity” becomes compensation for services rendered. 
Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor-—T 
organization has maintained one man for 3 days a week for 52 
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weeks, a total of 156 man-days. 
It has been a pleasure for the Garden to cooperate with these 
various agencies for relief. It should be again noted (as last 
year) that the profitable employment of so many, in addition to 
our regular force, emphasizes how greatly our normal personnel 
is, in numbers, below our urgent needs. 
