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Botanic Garden Boaed. The following Schedule gives the total classified Receipts and Expenditure of the Board from 1869 to 1877:— Receipts. Expenditure. From Trustees, — £ s. d. £ s. d. Fencing, — £ a. d. £ c. d. 1869-70 180 16 3 1869-70 112 8 1 1870-71 120 0 0 1870-71 37 13 0 1872-73 ... ... 109 19 2 1874-75 ... ... 120 2 3 410 15 5 1876-77 ... ... 17 14 2 Votes by Parliament, — 287 17 6 1870-71 ... ... 300 0 0 Paths,— 1871-72 ... ... 300 0 0 1870-71 ... ... 67 7 0 1872-73 .. ... 300 0 0 1871-72 ... ... 7 0 0 1873-74 ... ... 300 0 0 1874-75 ... ... 29 4 4 1874-75 ... ... 300 0 0 103 11 4 1875-76 ... ... 300 0 0 Buildings,— 1,800 0 0 1870-71 ... ... 45 0 0 Votes ly Provincial Council,— 1872-73 ... ... 17 7 6 1874-75 ... ... 300 0 0 1875-76 ... ... 123 10 0 1876-77 ... ... 300 0 0 185 17 6 600 0 0 Nursery,— Grant in Aid of Flax from 1869-70 ... ... 10 8 10 Commissioners, 1870-71 50 0 0 1870-71 ... ... 55 3 4 Grant from Wellington Philo- 1871-72 ... ... 33 18 6 sophical Society, 1870-71 50 0 0 1875-76 ... ... 35 3 0 City Reserve Rents,— ■ 134 13 8 1873 ... ... ... 93 9 0 Purchase of Plants, Seeds, %c — 1874 ... ... ... 93 9 0 1870-71 ... ... 117 15 2 1875 ... ... ... 93 9 O 1871-72 ... ... 37 1 0 1876 ... ... ... 93 9 0 1872-73 ... ... 42 18 0 1877 ... ... ... 93 9 0 1873-74 ... ... 23 1 7 467 5 0 1874-75 ... ... 66 15 6 Sale of Plants— 1875-76 ... ... 5 11 0 1873-74 ... ... 41 2 0 293 2 3 1874-75 ... ... 37 10 0 Digging Holes,— 1875-76 ... ... 7 2 6 ' 1871-72 ... ... 21 18 3 1876-77 ... ... 24 8 0 1874-75 ... ... 57 15 7 110 2 fl 1875-76 ... ... 4 12 11 Sale of Say,— 84 6 9 1873-74 ... ... 7 0 0 Seats — 1875-76 ... ... 32 15 6 1870-71 ... ... 36 16 0 1876-77 ... ... 33 0 0 1875-76 ... ... 10 5 4 — 72 15 6 47 1 4 Trespass ... ... ~. ... 10 0 Wages, Labour, <$"c, — '1870-71 ... ... 136 1 7 1871-72 ... ... 220 10 7 1872-73 ... ... 204 19 2 1873-74 ... ... 355 0 6 1874-75 ... ... 363 13 6 1875-76 ... ... 445 6 2 1876-77 ... ... 214 2 0 ■ 1,939 13 6 Miscellaneous, — 1870-71 ... ... 25 5 5 1871-72 ... ... 13 10 4 1872-73 ... ... 4 15 1 1873-74 ... ... 18 14 0 1874-75 ... ... 58 17 0 1875-76 ... ... 50 5 1 1876-77 ... ... 12 12 3 183 19 2 Balance ... ... 301 15 5 £3,561 18 5 £3,561 18 5 Accounts of the Botanic Gaeden for 1876-77. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance in hand, October, 1876 ... ... 1 17 10 Garden Work (including underbrushing, cleanVote for 1876-77 ... ... ... 300 0 0 ing paths, nursery work, and Keeper's Share of Rents from City Reserves to June, 1876 93 9 0 salary ... ... ... ... 201 2 0 Ditto ditto to June, 1877, under old)basis, and Contract for cleaning Shrubbery ... ... 10 0 0 same proportion under new lease, from Ist Contract for Brush Fencing ... ... 17 14 2 July to 31st December, 1877 ... ... 231 6 9 Contract for cutting Bush ... ... ... 3 0 0 Sale of Plants ... ... ... ... 24 8 0 Miscellaneous Items—Freight, Advertising, and Contingencies ... ... ... 12 12 3 Balance ... ... ... ... 406 13 2 £651 -1 7 £651 1 7 28th August, 1877. Aethue Stock, Treasurer.

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