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Directors (Superintendents ) : 
1. W. Newman (1848-1857) 
2. Francis Abbott (1857-1903 ) 
3. Alexander Morton (1903-1908) 
4. Robert Hall (1908-1911) 
5. John Wardman (1911-7) 
The garden is part of the Queens Domain of 640 acres, which 
is under the care of the Superintendent of Gardens. Open free 
to the public on week days from 7 a.m.—6 p.m.; on Sundays from 
2 p.m.-6 p.m. 
Source of income: Endowment, and the sale of plants and seeds. 
Herbarium: Composed chiefly of Tasmanian and Australian spe- 
cies, with a few European. Lectures: Public lectures on nature 
study and botany. Study material (flowers, leaves, buds, pharero- 
gamic and cryptomagic plants) is supplied to schools occasionally 
when requested, but local schools do not depend on the garden 
for all their material. 
LAUNCESTON 
BotANIC GARDENS 
(Fide: Director of Agriculture, Adelaide, Australia) 
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Tchécoslovaquie (See Czechoslovakia) 
Trinidad 
PORT OF SPAIN 
Royats BorANiIC GARDEN 
Established: 1818. Area: 67 acres in garden proper. A large 
area is held in wild vegetation. 
Superintendents: 
1. D. Lockart (1818-1846) 5. J. H. Hart (1887-1908) 
2. T. Purdie (1846-1854) 6. J.B. Carruthers (1909-1910) 
3. H. Crueger (1854-1864) 7. W. G. Freeman (1911-1922) 
4. H. Prestoe (1864-1886) 8. R. O. Williams (1922-1934) 
Serves as a public park. Open free, daily, from sunrise to sun- 
set. Source of income: Annual appropriation by the national 
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government. Annual Budget, 1934: £1847. Library: Reference. 
About 1000 volumes. Current periodicals received: 23. Her- 
