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Four new seats and two new tables have been made for the gardens. 

 Mangosteen has fruited well this year and a large number of seeds 

 have been sown. 



The Public Works Department heve enlarged the two old tanks so 

 as to hold 15,000 gallons of water. 



Out of the garden grant I have added 450 feet of one inch piping, 12 

 taps and 12 forty gallon casks. The piping and casks have been fixed 

 about the nursery so as to facilitate watering the plants in the nursery 

 and seed beds. 



Out of the garden grant a new potting shed has been bought and 

 reerected ; it is 30 feet long and 12 feet wide, also two new plant sheds 

 30 feet long by 4 feet wide. 



The old potting shed, 10 feet by 10 has been erected in the mule 

 pasture. 



The number of visitors is increasing, on several days during the past 

 year there has been from 50 to 100 visitors in the Garden at a time. 



Stones in large quantity have been taken out of the river where visi- 

 tors bathe, and a new walk has been made along the river. 



The Kola trees that have been opened up have made gocd growth 

 and are fruiting this year. 



There have been 1,043 letters received and 1,530 despatched. 



There have been 1,000 more plants sold from the Garden this year 

 than last, altogether 26,157 plants, and 47 bags of Liberian Coffee 

 valued at £216 15s. 8d. 



Plants Distributed, 



Plants sold : — 



Shrubs and trees ... ... 1,392 



Palms ... 655 



Eoses ... ... 580 



Foliage plants ... ... 374 



Miscellaneous ... ... 88 



Kola and Nutmegs ... 995 



Liberian Coffee ... ... 2,083 



Cocoa ... ... 670 



Total i umber of plants sold ... 6,837 



Eealising ... ... £82 5 C 



Number of plants sent to II ope : — 



Economic Plants ... ... 9,436 



Shrubs trees and climbers ... ... 4,201 



Eoses ... ... 3,156 



Palms ... ... 3,030 



Fruit trees ... ... 107 



Caladiums ... „. 36 

 Liberian Coffee seeds 47 bags. 



Total number of plants sent to Hope 19,962 and 47 bags of 



Liberian Coffee valued at £134 10s. 5d. 

 To King's House Garden, 180 Eoses and 100 Palms valued at 



£3 16s. 8d. 

 To Hill Gardens, 36 Eoses, valued at 12s. 



