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IV. A library of botanical books of reference should 

 be attached to the garden, and catalogued in duplicate, 

 and no book should be lent out of the library on any 

 pretext whatever. Of this catalogue, one copy should 

 be kept in the library, and the other should be de- 

 posited in some Government office, and these should 

 be annually compared. The fact and date of com- 

 parison should be stated in the Annual Report, and 

 all losses and additions recorded. 



V. No Superintendent or other officer of the garden 

 should be permitted to sell any plants or garden 

 produce without the written orders of the Govern- 

 ment, nor should they be permitted for their own 

 personal emolument to sell or trade in plants of any 

 kind, indigenous or cultivated, nor to take apprentice 

 or other fees. 



VI. The Superintendent should not be permitted to 

 cultivate vegetables for the table of any public officer 

 or private individual but his own, or that of other 

 persons employed in the gardens ; and in all such 

 cases the value of this perquisite should be calculated 

 as part of the salary or wages of the individual who 

 enjoys it. He should not cultivate for his own table 

 rare or expensive fruits, such as take much care or 

 time, or offer temptation for pilfering. 



With regard to supplying occasionally or periodi- 

 cally the table of the Governor with vegetables, fruit, 

 flowers, &c., this as a duty imposed on the Superin- 

 tendent is in every respect objectionable ; but, on the 



