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conservatories, a distance of 1,130 feet. The old cable has 
been taken from the bed of the river at the crossing and laid 
over the new boulder bridge. 
The use of the local telephone system for hourly reports 
from the night-watchman has proven very satisfactory. This 
method is not only a safeguard against injury to Garden 
property, but is also a protection to the watchmen themselves. 
The number of visitors at the Garden during 1907 was 
about 25 per cent. greater than in previous years. Seventeen 
persons were arrested, as against thirty-five in 1906. Fifteen 
of these were fined, one reprimanded, and one discharged by 
the police court magistrate. 
The hackmen have observed the conditions of their permits 
much more satisfactorily during the past year, and all these 
permits have been renewed. 
Twenty additional rustic benches were built for the grounds 
by the carpenters during the winter, but the great increase 
of the path system makes it necessary to build as many more 
when opportunity offers. 
Respectfully submitted, 
F. A. ScHILLING, 
Superintendent of Grounds. 
