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Established: 1866. Area: 26 acres (including areas now being 
annexed to the Botanic Gardens). 
Directors: (Present title, Superintendent of Agriculture) 
1. W. R. Elliott (1886-1889) 
2. E. M. Murray (1889) 
3. G. Whitfield Smith (1890-1894) 
4. W. E. Broadway (1894-1904) 
5. R. D. Anstead (1904-1909) 
6. Gilbert Auchinleck (1909-1914) 
7. J. C. Moore (1914-1920) 
8. R. O. Williams (1920-1921) 
9. W. O’Brien Donovan (1921-1929) 
10. K. T. Rae (1929-1931) 
11. W. O’Brien Donovan (1931- ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free to the public daily, from 
6am. to 6 pam. Source of income: Annual sUUe neuen by 
in a scientific sense, but are chiefly ornamental and used for the 
propagation of economic plants. ae Department uses spare 
corners for minor economic experiments.” 
ST. LUCIA 
BoTaANic GARDENS, CASTRIES 
Established: 1887. Area: 7.5 acres. 
Directors (Agricultural Superintendent) : 
1. John Gray (1887-1895) 
2. John Chisnall Moore (1895-1914) 
3. Archibald Joseph Brooks (1914-1922) 
4. Ernest Alfred Walters (1922- ) 
Library: Reference. About 403 volumes. Plantations: Economic 
only. Small decorative section at Botanic Gardens. Publications: 
Annual Report, Pamphlets. Lectures: Occasional lectures to 
