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Finance. 
The balance carried forward from 1911 as recorded in the last report was 
$2,514.69: having paid the labour bills of 1912 almost up to December 31st, the 
Committee carry forward to 1913 a balance of $572.69. The outstanding debts to the 
Gardens on January 1st, 1912, were $5,813.20, and on December 31st were. $2,832.85. 
The amount of unsold rubber in the Garden stores and in London on January 1st, 1912, 
was 1,078 lbs. and at the close of the year was* 1,172 lbs. This means that there has 
been spent during the year about $5,000 more than the revenue out of funds conserved 
in previous years; and that in 1913 the expenditure must be T ?oked into very closely. 
The Gardens received no special votes during the year 1912, and on the other 
hand had to give two hundred and more dollars’ worth of labour towards keeping the 
rubber land on the Goodwood Estate tidy, a drain on resources which 'will not recur 
in 1913. 
The revenue received by the Gardens by the sale of plants during the last five 
years has been : — 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
1911. 
1912. 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
Ornamental Plants (approximate) ... 
854 
1,221 
L 357 
1,893 
i. 57<5 
Rubber Seed 
2,303 
2,710 
3’ 2I 3 
3,725 
3 T 53 
Rubber Seedlings 
103 
205 
410 
50 
303 
Other Economic Plants (approximate) 
351 
359 
319 
335 
204 
Rubber 
6,405 
3.843 
7.551 
4,920 
4,520 
Number of bills 
138 
180 
248 
257 
315 
The number of orders received steadily increases, as shown by the number of bills 
made out. 
The Garden Catalogue. 
Perhaps the greatest advance made during the year has been the publication of a 
Garden Catalogue compiled by Mr. J. W. Anderson. It is on sale, price $1, at the 
Garden Office and by Messrs. Kelly & WALSH ; and it is used as an exchange 
list. The number of species enumerated is 1,739. Horticultural journals reviewing 
the Catalogue comment on the rich collection of palms which indeed is a feature of 
the Gardens. The ten natural orders which are the largest in the list are 
Orchids (Orchidacese) 
i • * 
... 276 species. 
Ferns (Filices) ... 
• ■ ■ 
... 261 
,f 
Palms (Palmse) ... 
• • • 
... 245 
if 
Pea Order (Leguminosse) 
. . . 
191 
Arums (Araceae) 
• • • 
... 170 
n 
Cinchona Order (Rubiaceae) . . . 
« * • 
96 
,, 
Canna Order (Scitaminese) ... 
... 
94 
Spurge Order (Euphorbiacese) 
• • • 
90 
Fig Order (Urticaceae) 
. • • • 
... 79 
Grasses (Gramineae) 
« ■ * 
... 71 
,, 
but it is probable that the Orchids are much fewer than 276 owing to losses, 
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