48 



b. For coinplftion of niclal slacks in libniry rooms and hcr- 

 hariiiiu cases 'AWi] niczzruiiiie floor in licrhariiiin room.. $t),ooo.OO 

 The above item of .^(j.ooo.oo is (li.slributed as follows: 



New Herliariuni Cases $6,000.00 



New Library Staeks 3,000.00 



Total $9,000.00 



( ouipcnsation Iiisunmcc 



Under (late of July T/, 19-^9. we reeeixed from the Dei)artnient 

 of Finaiiee, ('ity o{ New York (Frank J. Prial, r)e])Utv Coni])- 

 troller) a letter reading- as follows: 



" T transmit for _\-onr Hies a communication dated June 29, 1929, 

 addressed to _\du \)v the State Insurance h^md to,<;'ether with its 

 polic}- Xo. <')9,37f) co\-erin^- the ])eriod of twelve (12) months 

 Ircnii January 1, I92(j. to January i. 1930. which covers the lia- 

 hility of the C'it}' of Xew ^'ork under the Workmen's Com])ensa- 

 tion .\ct to the extent of the amount of salaries and wages ])aid 

 to employees of the Brooklyn Institute of .\rts and Sciences — 

 I'otanic Garden and Arhorctum, from funds i)rovided by the 

 City of New York." 



ddic premium paid h\- the Cit)' was $459. ()0 hased on the Tax 

 l')udg-ct ra}rt)ll for the year 1929, as follows: 



Class 



Amount 



Rate 



Premium 



Nursery' men . . 



5.53,000.00 

 31,000.00 

 11,000.00 



So. 87 

 J -4,^ 



I287.10 

 I.S-.SO 





Clerical 





Others 









Total 







I4.S9-90 



Arrangements for the pa_\inent of the i)remuim on the private 

 tuiids pa}-roll were not (piite completed at the close of the year. 



Prh'atc Funds Accounts 



The Private lumds lUidget for J<)2(j was ^'p 1 29,322.81, as against 

 v$i02,456.()o for 1928. an increase of $28,S()3.iji . The Frivate 

 i'unds Budget exceeded the Ta.x Ihulget for the third consecutive 



