( 309 ). 
No. 66 Broapway, 
New York City, January 29, 1907 
Dr. N. L. Britton, 
Director-in- Chief, 
New York Botanical Garden, 
Bronx Park, New York. 
Aly dear Dr. Britton: In response to your recent letter, I 
enclose herewith, for your files, the certificates of the Special 
Auditor, certifying to the correctness of the financial books and 
accounts of the Treasurer and of the Director-in-Chief, for the year 
1906. 
Yours very truly, 
ES A. ScRYMSER, 
Chairman Finance Committee, 
New York Botanical Garden. 
No. 66 Broapway, 
New Yor«, January 29, 1907. 
Jamess A. ScrymseEr, Esquire, 
Chatrman of the Finance Committee, 
New York Botanical Garden, 
New York City. 
Sir: This is to certify that I have, by your direction, examined 
the books and accounts of the Treasurer of the New York Botan- 
ical Garden for the year nineteen hundred and six (1906) 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 investments and find the same 
to be as reported in the said balance sheet. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. L. Merrixx, 
Spectal Auditor. 
