Trustees Records, Vol. 5, 1870 (page 180)

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Trustees. December 11^t, 1872

be referred to the Committee on Grounds with full powers."

Under this vote the Committee conferred with the Super-
intendent, and an immediate reduction in the force
employed was effected; other discharges have been
made since, and as soon as the rush of Fall work,
such as top dressing, &c., is completed, a still further
reduction will be made; – and the Committee hope
that a system may be matured before the commence-
ment of another season the adoption of which will
materially lessen the expenses for labor, while maintaining
the quality and efficiency of the work performed.

2^d. Cost of maintaining the greenhouses, and prices
charged to prorprietors for plants, &c. This subject has
been heretofore acted upon by the Board of Trustees, by
reference to the Committee on Lots, and a report will
be made at an early day.

3^d. Surveying and Engineering. The bills for surveying
had attracted the attention of the Committee on Lots
since, under the new By=Laws it had been necessary
to affix their approval to them, and, upon enquiry,
the Superintendent had informed them that the
occasion of a considerable outlay had grown out of
an understanding between him and a former Com-
mittee that the sectional plans should be reviewed: –
that work has been in progress during the past two
years, and is now completed; the expense for such
work is therefore at an end. The other charges
for the usual surveys and measurements of lots