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interest on permanent funds, sale of publications and sundries. 
The terms of our charter very properly prevent our obtaining 
any income from admittance charges, as it is provided that 
the grounds shall be open and free to the public daily, and 
the charter likewise forbids the granting of any special privi- 
leges from which income might be derived. The city allow- 
ance for maintenance is liberal, but the unexpectedly rapid 
development of the institution has caused it to be insufficient, 
so that a portion of the funds derived from membership fees 
or interest on investments will this year be needed to supple- 
ment it, and will thus reduce our power of increasing the 
collections and of developing our educational work. If our 
income other than that now provided by the city could be 
brought up to $50,000 annually, the needs of the Garden for 
the next decade would be met. The Finance Committee of 
the Board of Managers recognized this need in 1905 and 
made an appeal by means of a special circular in November of 
that year, recommending the increase of our endowment 
fund to $1,000,000, the permanent funds then amounting to 
about $335,000, but no immediate results were reached at 
that time. Our ordinary methods of obtaining additional 
annual members by means of distributing circulars inviting 
persons to join the Garden, are not materially increasing its 
membership, at the present time, and in order to obtain a 
considerably increased membership it evidently is necessary 
that some additional means should be employed. JI believe 
that there are many persons interested in our work who 
would be quite willing to become members if the need for 
their codperation could be more definitely placed before 
them. 
Reports Appended 
I submit also reports by the First Assistant, the Head Cura- 
tor of the Museum and Herbarium, the Honorary Curator of 
the Economic Collections, the Librarian, the Head Gardener, 
the Superintendent of Grounds, and a schedule of expendi- 
tures under appropriations made by the Board of Managers. 
Respectfully submitted, 
N. L. Brirron, Director-tn- Chief. 
