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REPORT OF THE SPECIAL AUDITOR 
TREASURER’S ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR I916 
Room 3111, GRanD CENTRAL TERMINAL 
New York, February 24, 1917 
Mr. Epwarp D. Apams, 
Chairman, Finance Committee, New York Botanical Garden, 
71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Dear Sir: 
This is to certify that I have, by direction of the Board of 
Managers, examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer of 
the New York Botanical Garden, for the year nineteen hundred 
and sixteen (1916), together with their proper vouchers, and 
that I find the balance sheet and the Treasurer’s statement of 
receipts and disbursements attached hereto to be correct. 
I have also examined the various investment securities and 
find the same to be as reported in the said balance sheet. 
Respectfully submitted, 
A. W. Strong, 
Special Auditor. 
