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The paths have been kept clean, the lawns and tennis courts have 

 been constantly watered and cut and are in good order. 



In the Nursery most of the orchids have been rebasketed and there 

 has been a fairly good show of bloom. Pots are required very much 

 for repotting the palms and different plants. 



The elevation of the Garden above sea-level is 400 feet. 



The average mean temperature is 78.2 F., and the average annual 

 rainfall 47.81 inches for nineteen years. The amount of rain that fell 

 during the year was 40.99 inches. 



The wettest months were May, June, October, and the driest Nov- 

 ember, December, January, February, March. 



The mean temperature for the year was 75.4 F. The Meteorolo- 

 gical Tables for the different months are given on page 24'2. 



Bath Garden. 



The Overseer, Mr. A. H. Groves, reports some improvements in 

 the Garden, as follows: — 



The path to the Gate was wet and muddy, but the Parochial Board 

 have made a trench to carry off the water and a gravelled walk. The 

 Board have also deepened the trench along the lane on the west of the 

 Garden, and if the south trench were also attended to, there would 

 be no cause for complaint about the drainage of the Garden. 



The usual work of weeding, cleaning, removing rubbish, etc., has 

 been attended to regularly. 



In a previous report I pointed out how expensive it was to remove 

 the sweepings, etc. I accordingly established a manure depot in the 

 Garden, from which I got a good supply of manure. I had, however, 

 to cease depositing the rubbish there, the Inspector of Nuisances having 

 declared it objectionable. 1 have therefore removed the rubbish be- 

 yond the limits of the town, or, when the weather will permit, burn it on 

 the spot. 



The Garden has been well forked, and Crotons and flowering plants 

 have been planted in almost all the available spots. The wires of the 

 fence around the Garden have been restrained, benches repaired and 

 painted, and walks regravelled. 



The following tools were bought, viz., two agricultural forks. 



A few of the rubber plants sent by the Director have been planted 

 in the Garden and a few distributed to persons here. The grafted 

 East Indian Mango is not thriving well, despite all attention to it. 



I have had felled a large Spathodea, and trimmed nearly all the 

 trees, thereby letting in more light and air. 



I may add that goats and sometimes pigs, trespass on, or stray into 

 the Garden. They come in under the fence where the trenches are 

 kept open to drain the Garden. I communicated with the Parochial 

 Board on the subject. 



The elevation of the Garden is 170 feet : the mean temperature 

 78° F. 



William Fawcett, 



Director. 



