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cannot be said to be over-rented for its Garden ; the total 

 rent being 15$. 6d. 



It has been computed that the total cost of the upkeep 

 of the Garden to the University for the years 1650 to 1812 

 was ,19,430 i&s., ,7,608 75-. \d. of which was received from 

 Kirkdale, the Danby Benefaction. 



At the present time the total income of the Botanic Garden 

 and " Fielding Herbarium " is ,1,095, f which ,452 is from 

 trust funds and ,25 is from a donation from Professor Vines. 



Under the misleading and antiquated term " Fielding 

 Herbarium " larger accounts lie perdus^ for it includes the 

 Library and its staff (Books and Binding alone cost .147), 

 as well as the Botanical Lecture Rooms and Laboratories, with 

 the Demonstrators and Assistants therein employed. For the 

 use of Laboratories and Lectures, students contributed in 1910, 

 directly or indirectly, no less than ,614, and yet the Fielding 

 Herbarium, sensu stricto^ was a closed book to them. Again, 

 the indebtedness of students to the Garden is assessed at ,75 

 per annum. It seems a lot to pay for a few flowers for dis- 

 section ! The money might be used for renewing or for 

 improving laboratory equipment, or for reducing the fees 

 payable by students ; and in any case such a payment to the 

 Garden should not be necessary. 



The present income of the Garden, apart from that of the 

 Laboratory, Library, and Herbarium, brought, by a grant voted 

 by the University, up to ,670, would have seemed affluence 

 in days of our predecessors, but nevertheless the accounts 

 have been for many years in debit. The Chairman of the 

 Curators reported in 1902 that expenses were kept down to 

 starvation point, that the painting and maintenance of the 

 houses were not adequately provided for, and that any un- 

 foreseen increase of expenditure, as might be occasioned by a 

 rise in wages or a prolonged and cold winter, would mean 

 increased debt. 



But the real question for the Curators to answer is, Is it 



