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Financial Considerations 
The development of the Garden has been continuous 
since work was commenced in 1895 and has proceeded so 
rapidly through the expenditure of liberal construction 
appropriations by the city and by funds and appropriations 
by the Board of Managers for the formation and increase 
of the collections, that available funds for maintenance 
have not kept pace with their requirement. The budget 
herewith submitted contemplates an expenditure for 1912 
of approximately $100,000, which is considerably less than 
the amount which could be expended to advantage at the 
present time. Appropriations aggregating $90,565 are pro- 
vided by the city, and the remainder needed from funds of 
the Board of Managers, which leaves us only about $14,000 
available from these funds for educational and artistic 
purposes and for the increase of the collections, it being 
necessary to reimburse our general income account by 
some $6,000 borrowed from it in previous years. It is 
greatly desired that the income of the Garden from private 
sources should be materially increased. 
Reports Appended 
Detailed accounts of the work accomplished during the 
year will be found in the appended reports submitted by 
the Assistant Director, the Head Gardener, the Head 
Curator of Museums and Herbarium, the Honorary Curator 
of the Economic Collections, the Director of the Labora- 
tories, the Librarian, and the Superintendent of Buildings 
and Grounds, and a schedule of expenditures submitted 
by the Accountant. 
Respectfully submitted, 
N. L. Bairron, 
Director-in-Chief. 
