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13. The receipts for plants sold were $843.75. The number of plants sold was 3,834, that is, 777 more than in 1895.
LOAN OF PLANTS.
14. The demand for the loan of plants for decoration was greater than in the preceding year. The receipts were $177 30, an increase of $49.30 over those of 1895. The number of plants lent was 3,434.
HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY.
15. A parcel containing 177 herbarium specimens was purchased from Japan.
16. 310 specimens were mounted and incorporated.
17. The Catalogue of books in the library which I mentioned in par. 16 of the last Report as being prepared has been printed.
18. The following is a list of books and pamphlets received:-
Agricultural Bulletin of the Malay Peninsula,
Garden and Forest Department, Straits Settlements, 1896.
Agricultural Journal, Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony, Nos. 1-5, 6-22, 24 and 25, 1896.
Agricultural Ledger, India No. 16 of 1894, Nos.
2, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 and 23 of 1895. Nos. 1-7, 9-10, 12-14, 18-20, 22, 24-28 of 1896. Botanical Magazine, 1896. Purchased. Bulletin (Brisbane) Department of Agriculture,
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Department of Land Records and Agri- culture, North Western Provinces and Oudh, 1895.
(Grenada) of Miscellaneous Inform-
ation, 1896.
(Jamaica) of Botanical Department,
1896.
(Kew) of Miscellaneous Information,
1896.
Koloniaal Museum te Haarlem Maart,
1896.
Mississippi Fungi, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Experiment Station, 1896.
Bulletin (Trinidad) of Miscellaneous Informa-
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tion, 1895.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office
of Experiment Stations, 1896. Dissemination of Plants. By Mary E. Gilbraith,
1895.
Fauna of British India, 1895. Purchased. Flora of British India, By Sir J. D. Hooker, Part XXI, 1896. Presented by Kew. Flora Capensis. Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, and Port Natal 1896. Purchased.
Flore Forestière de la Cochin Chine, Part 21.
From Royal Gardens, Kew. Gardeners' Chronicle, 1896. Purchased. Hand List of Coniferae Grown in the Royal
Gardens, Kew, 1896.
Hand List of Trees and shrubs Grown in Arbo-
retum. Part II. Royal Gardens, Kew. Hooker's Icones Plantarum, Fourth series, Vol. V, Parts II and III, 1896. Presented by the Bentham Trustees.
Indian Forest Reports.
Forest Administration in Ajmere-Merwara, 1894-
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in Andamans, 1894-95.
in Baluchistan, 1894-95.
in Bombay Presidency in-
cluding Sind, 1895.
in Burma, 1894-95.
Forest Administration in Hyderabad
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in Central Provinces, 1894-
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in Coorg, 1894-95.
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and Forest Survey Branch in India, 1894-1895.
Journal of the Board of Agriculture, India,
Vol. III, Nos. 1 and 2 of 1896.
Journal of Botany, 1896. Purchased. Map of China. To illustrate the Author's "His- tory of Botanical Discoveries in China" By E. Bretschneider, 1896.
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District, 1894-95.
in Lower Provinces of
Bengal, 1894-95.
in N.W. Provinces and
Oudh, 1895.
in Province of Assam,
1894-95.
Progress of the Imperial Forest School Dehra Dun, 1894-95.
Review of in India, 1893-
94.
Manual of Forestry (Schlich's) Vol. V. Forest
Utilization.
Manures and their Applications, London, 1895. Ministero Delle Finanze, Roma, 1895.
Pomologist, 1894. From U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
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