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A paintiug of the Taj with its gardens is included in Miss North's: 
gallery at Kew, No. 228. 
As might naturally be supposed the Taj gardens are probably the 
best known and most visited in India. The superintendent has charge 
Superintendent of the Botanical Department at Hong Kong, to the 
post. Mr. Westland arrived at Agra in November 1891. 
The following report was addressed to the Government of the North- 
west Provinces, in continuation of a memorandum by the Commissioner, 
dated the 16th January 1891 :— 
(1.) The memo. in question describes;the existing condition of the 
both purposes) the ids of hne the gardens by steam. Number 
two has been absolutely disposed of in both branches. Under G. O. 
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No. Sea of 12th January 1892, the electric project has been 
abandoned, as I (for my part) hope never to be revived; and the 
recently constructed Agra waterworks will, it is believed in the near 
future, supply the gardens without any separate engine in the vicinity 
being required. 
2) There remains the first point. The gardens have been several 
times inspected by Mr. Ridley from Lucknow, by Mr. Phillips from 
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(a.) The line of cypresses is to be maintained. The lofty trees 
(principally Mimusops) forming the main avenue from gate to 
to (as described i 
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trees in the adjacent plot. The few Mimusops still left will 
not be removed, but their places filled in when necessary as’ 
above. The in | se trees in the avenue will 
 befilled by a border of shrubs of different kinds carefully 
