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Staff. 
The Staff of Trivandrum Public Gardens is as follows: — 
1 Director, unpaid as such, but receiving 100 rupees a 
month allowance. 
Office. 5 Clerks. 
Museum. 1 Head Taxidermist, at sixty rupees a month. 
3 Assistant Taxidermists. 
1 Draftsman and Modeller. 
1 Assistant Draftsman. 
1 Collector. 
1 Assistant Collector. 
5 Peons (as messengers, day watchmen, etc.). 
Gardens. 1 Curator. 
1 Assistant Curator. 
1 Garden Assistant. 
1 Maistry. 
2 Peons (as messengers day watchmen, etc.). 
10 Night watchmen : five of whom must always be on 
duty. 
31 Gardeners. 
Menagerie. 1 Veterinary surgeon, unpaid as such, but receiving 
100 rupees a year allowance. 
1 Head keeper, at thirty rupees a month. 
3 Peons ( as messengers, day watchmen, etc.). 
1 Smith. 
1 Bellows boy. 
1 Carpenter. 
1 Mason. 
12 Keepers, 
Total 87 ; or 85 without including the partially paid Director 
and Veterinary Surgeon. 
Some women and girls are also employed in keeping the 
gardens tidy, and in addition temporary labourers are taken 
on as required. 
Museum. 
The Trivandrum Museum, though now called the “ Napier 
Museum,” was originally started by General Cullen. It is 
an ornate building, well lighted and well ventilated. The 
