SCHEDULE A CONTRIBUTIONS

Finance (Estimates for FY 1993/94)

Operating Budget                               NPWS   $   170 000
                                               CSIRO  $   230 000

Salaries and associated costs                  NPWS   $   886.600
                                               CSIRO  $ 1,844,300

Site Operating Costs + facility running costs  NPWS   $   190 000
                                               CSIRO  $   570 500

Building rental                                CSIRO  $   187.190

Services                                       CSIRO  $   332 550

Equipment and Premises

- as detailed in Schedule B.

Seconded Personnel

- as detailed in Schedule C.

Herbarium Specimens.

NPWS

The collection of preserved botanical specimens totalling c. 250 000 accessions, and including c 860 type specimens. Each accession is identified by a unique accession number prefixed by the identifier CBG.

CSIRO

The collection of preserved botanical specimens totalling c. 500 000 accessions, and including c. 4 500 type specimens. Each accession is identified by a unique accession number prefixed by the identifier CANB.

[Note : An accession comprises the mounted or packaged dried specimen and associated material such as wood samples, separated fruit, spirit preserved material such as flowers, slides, photographs and living material. Each accession has associated specimen label information derived from field notes.]

Data and Background Intellectual Property

NPWS

• The Australian Plant Name Index dataset
• The Census of Australian Vascular Plants dataset
• The Integrated Botanical Information System containing data on accessions of the Herbarium, the living collections, the photographic collection and bibliographic material held in the library.

CSIRO

• The Economic Plants of Australia dataset
• The Australian Tropical Rain
• Forest Information System dataset
• The EUCLID identification system dataset
• The Australian National Herbarium Specimen Information Register ANHSIR & GUMNUT) containing data on accessions of the herbarium.