of the Agrie? Horticultural Society in th*»ir first years, 
and grt* money was collected tv on visitor!* Then the QmWMb 
Government tool; over the Garden a and pasueu Ordinance No. ® 
VIX of IB?3 to make tha/a a Trust. The rule 
quotha was 
the work of the iirot Com of arnagcment unde? the KK 
Ordinance: a«4 it appears that at the time the gates stoodj 
as before its passing. The main&atr, office gate, lyersal 
have / 
gate and Dalvey road gate ITi-aife all been re cons true fed 
since: and the Cluny Lake gate constructed, i do not krpw 
of alterations to the bogie gate. 
If you Iqoji around in alng&poie you will xi n$ oaat private 
property is only shut in by gates e.?ceptronaliy; tne gate¬ 
less gateposts of the Gardens arp therefore usual. More¬ 
over when they were set up, th*re were ?$r miles of unllghtid 
solitary ro^d s betw##fi the Gardens and town which formed a 
barrier and orever ted ctua ure, The an reed o f the town and 
the coming of the rqpi-o? car have altered these conditions 
and many Oars pass into t hr Gardens at night, in many cases 
raking o” the rondo a thoroughfare only: ami while the few 
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visitors at night o" th* p 3 0t >/f rarely did any damage, th<*re 
ere no'^ increased by visitors who do real daiaage in various 
ways, and the watch which is maintained is inadequate to 
control the a. It has nans consequently oecdm© desiraole 
to close the Gardens^ as otner botanic Gardens through the 
world are ciosou; cut by the lapse of rights w* may oe 
forced, to keep then opcn. In that case it might be 
permissible to close, say, 4 of the G gates, so as to 
prevent the use of them ob a thoroughfare, uoon which second 
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point could you also be re good as to advise? 
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I have the honour to be. 
Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
The Attorney General 
Government Offices 
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Director of Gardens 
