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Various returns showing the donations made to the gardens and other information are hereto appended. The Hon. Treasurer's statement of accounts is attached, showing a balance to the credit of the Board of £197 19s. Bd. Approved by the Board. Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Chairman. James Hector, 18th August, 1885. Manager.

Accounts of Botanic Garden Board, 1884-85. Receipts. Expenditube. £ s. d. £ s. a. Balance in hand on 29th September, 1884 .. 238 12 1 Garden-work (including keeper's salary, Share of rents from Wellington city reserves, nursery - work, roads, and preparation of October, 1883, to September, 1884 .. 178 12 1 ground for special purposes) .. .. 295 i 1 Government grant .. .. .. 100 0 0 Materials —paint, ironwork, tools, and misSale of plants .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 oellaneous .. .. .. .. 26 19 11 Balance .. .. .. 197 19 8 £520 4 2 £520 4 2

Arthur Stock, 18th August, 1885. Hon. Treasurer.

Trees or seeds have been issued to the following public reserves, and also to seventyseven other applicants:— Reserves at Eotorua. Botanic Garden, Dunedin. „ Taupo. School of Agriculture, Lincoln. County Council, Maniototo. Hospital, Poverty Bay. „ Queenstown. Forest Committee, Pembroke, Lake Wanaka. Domain Board, Waverley. School Committee, Masterton. „ Auckland. „ Wellington. „ New Plymouth. „ Petoue. „ Napier. High School, Oamaru. „ Nelson. Government House, Wellington. „ Ashburton. Marine Department (for lighthouses). Public Gardens, Christchurch. Bailway Department. „ Eeefton. City Council, Wellington. Botanic Garden, Wellington. Public Cemetery Grounds. Juglans nigra and Carya tomentosa have been issued as follows:— County Council, Queenstown. Botanic Garden, Wellington. Domain Board, Auckland. „ Dunedin. „ New Plymouth. Public Gardens, Christchurch. „ Napier. County Council, Maniototo. „ Nelson. Forest Committee, Pembroke. Seeds of Bucldandia populnea, received from Kew, were distributed to— County Council, Queenstown. . Botanic Garden, Dunedin. Domain Board, Auckland. Public Gardens, Christchurch. Botanic Garden, Wellington. And three other applicants. The total number of packages of seed distributed since last report is 3,229. Collections of New Zealand native seeds have during the year been sent to the following:— Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Eoyal Garden, Kew, London. Public Gardens, Hobart. Botanic Garden, Melbourne. Baron von Mueller, Melbourne. „ Jamaica. Department of Agriculture, Washington. Mr. Seddon, M.H.'E.