Trustees Records, Vol. 4, 1865 (page 209)

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Considerable sums have been expended in completing the _
improvements in S^t Paul's lot, Central Avenue, and the
bank north of the Chapel. As the expense of these necessary
improvements within the Cemetery has been shared by the
Horticultural Society, an exact account of the sums expended
for such purposes, has been rendered to them, and, with a
view to prevent any future misapprehension, a new indenture
of two parts has been sigend and executed by the authorized
agents of the two parties.

A decided progress has been made this winter in removing
the superfluous trees and branches from the Cemetery. About
one hundred and seventy five cords of wood have already
been piled for sale, and much more will be removed during the
winter. A marked improvement is already obvious in the
variety of the landscape, the extent of the prospect, and the
admission of sunlight to the ground. The work of this removal
is slow and laborious, owing to the necessity of taking down
the trees piecemeal, to avoid danger to neighboring monuments
and works of art.

A new border of increased size has been procured for the
steam engine, and, for its accommodation, an addition has
been made to the engine house, the whole at a cost of about
eleven hundred dollars.

A lease having been taken by the Corporation, of rooms at N^o
16 Pemberton Square, in Boston, for ten years, it was
decided by the Trustees to place the offices of the Secretary
and Treasurer in the same building. At this time George
W. Bond Esq who has acceptably filled the office of Treasurer
for twenty six years, resigned that office, and the Trustees