BOTANICAL DOMAIN BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 1586, 15 April 1882, Page 19

BOTANICAL DOMAIN BOARD.

A meeting of the Botanical Domain Board was held on Wednesday afternoon, when there were present : Messrs J. P. Maitland (chairman), J. Marshall, A. Beverly, 0. S. Reevfes, an'dj.Chapinan. "' ' { > (The Curator] wrote, calling., attention .to tihe shameful destruction going on ; in .the Domain bush. , Some: pßrspn or persons had carried away about 10 chains of fencing that enclosed the bush, so that 'cattle and -hordes were feed r ing there day and night, destroying,. the young plantations and. ithe native ! busm-jrlt was .decided to take measures' to punish the offenders, and to communicate with Mr Weldon on the matter. / " ,>,.!! It was decided' to send Home for fields/ of the'follo'wing trees :— Hemlock.fspruce, 1 bla(ck spruce, sugar maple, hogntitj hickory; edible chestnut, and. liquorice. • > i/ t iii. A The Horticultural Society wrote' askinjg to know if the trustees of the gardens wou}d have any .objection to a portion of the garden grounds • being temporarily used for a marquee lor a chrysanthemum show. — Mr Marshall, suggested that the 1 North Dunedin Drills! Ed would be a bettqr place) for .the show, but he would have no objection To "granting the use o r f the gardens.— After some futfheritalkronphe n.atter, it was arranged that par mission should be granted provided' r a,site could be alrranjed, witntliecuratoVandthecHairDaan'.; '"' i' A pominunication was; received, from a D inedin firm offering to supply seats for thegarc en atcheap fatos.-*-It' was j decided<to' defer, c>nf side'ratiori of the matter till after the wintea | „ Several accquntß,,w,ero (passed for payment?. ,