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guinea grass, so that we can cut grass for the stock on the garden 

 ground instead of the men having to go outside the gardens. 50 chains 

 of fencing has been run to fence in the new land cleared. 



The Public "Works Department have run a fence around the new 

 nursery to protect it from stock. They have also fixed a pipe to convey 

 the water from the upper tank to the lily tank, run a wall on our side 

 of the gutter that runs through the economic garden, painted and re- 

 paired part of the Superintendent's house and made two latrines for 

 visitors. 



Three 4ft. iron gates have been bought and fixed. About six more are 

 needed. Wooden gates soon rot in this district as it is so wet. 



Plants Sold at Castleton Gardens. 



Economic Plants : — 



Liberian Coffee ... 4,335 



Kola ... 1,943 



Manilla Hemp ... 256 



Grape Fruit ... 120 



Oranges ... 100 



Rubber Plants ... 87 



Miscellaneous ... 2,086 



8,927 



Ornamental Plants ... 2,300 



Realising £70 lis. 4d. 



Plants sent to Hope : — 



Economic plants ... 2,794 



Ornamental " ... 7,030 



9,824 



Total number of Economic Plants Distributed 11,721 

 Total number of Ormamental Plants Distributed 9,330 



Total number of Plants Distributed 21,051 



Seeds Distributed : — 50 quarts Liberian Coffee. 



12 bags ditto 

 20 lbs. cured ditto 



The elevation of the Garden is 580 feet above sea-level. 



The average annual mean temperature is 76°. 2 F., and the average 

 annual rainfall 110.01 inches. The amount of rain that fell during the 

 year was 99.90 inches, being 10.11 inches below the average. Septem- 

 ber, October, November and December were the wettest months, and 

 January, February, June and August the driest. 



The mean temperature was 74° 9 F. 



The Meteorological tables for the different months are given on page 



306. 



