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Functional Allocation of Income 
The question is sometimes raised as to how the Botanic Garden 
funds are expended as between the several aspects of our work. 
This is indicated, in amounts and percentages, for the fiscal year 
July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942, as follows: 
1. 

Purpose Amt. Expended Per Cent. 
BOGtICUI EOC te meet ee ena me art a $ 75,697.05 44.49 
2. Public Service (All aspects of our educational 
WO Ks) eee a on Ud Rete tae tt Ve Ll 50,565.30 29Ri2 
FNCU IS Ura CLO Teese eee wat ed tre hd pee eked 22,244.50 13.07 
4. Botanical Science (Research and_ related 
activities, part of which are also educa- 
G1 Tal) eerie a eee ie ran es anim Re at 21,630.52 [2272 
(otal Sekar i arrmnreiter ee etl the hi srsk! $170,137.37 100.00 
tions and conservatories. 
ice’ as any other phase of our work, for of course the plantations, 
Item one, above, includes the cost of maintaining the planta- 
This is as much a part of “public serv- 
with all their horticultural diversity and beauty, are maintained 
primarily for the pleasure and instruction of the public, and for 
At the cost of tireless iteration it may be noted 
no other purpose. 
least. 
here also that item 4, Botanical Science, should, in part at 
be included under Public Service, for a portion of our research 
is essential to the maintenance of the living plants in health. 
Endowment and Endowinent Ineome 
The total of all endowment funds, as shown by the appended 
Financial Statement (p. 119), is $1,387,849.55. Of the total Pri- 
vate Funds Income of $82,736.01 for 1942, $48,469.68 repre- 
sents income from endowment, as against $48,394.77 for 1941. 
Private Funds income from other sources, which fluctuates from 
year to year, was $34,266.33. During 1942, $1,197.96 have been 
added to the Endowment Fund principal. 
The Ellen Eddy Shaw Endowment Fund, for the Department 
of Ilementary Instruction, continues to grow by very modest 
increments, and is now $24,373.67, as against $24,332.67 in 1941. 
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