diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetCache.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetCache.cs
index dcb7d73461..dd9015bab7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetCache.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetCache.cs
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         public void Clear()
         {
             m_log.Info("[ASSET CACHE]: Clearing Asset cache");
+            
+            if (StatsManager.SimExtraStats != null)
+                StatsManager.SimExtraStats.ClearAssetCacheStatistics();
+            
             Initialize();
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/BaseStatsCollector.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/BaseStatsCollector.cs
index 225c551f0a..c888f4cd95 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/BaseStatsCollector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/BaseStatsCollector.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Statistics
             sb.Append(
                 string.Format(
                     "Allocated to OpenSim : {0} MB" + Environment.NewLine,
-                    Math.Round(GC.GetTotalMemory(true) / 1024.0 / 1024.0)));
+                    Math.Round(GC.GetTotalMemory(false) / 1024.0 / 1024.0)));
             
             return sb.ToString();
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs
index 7a74e72a63..0a20f3309d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Statistics/SimExtraStatsCollector.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Statistics
         /// </summary>
         public long AbnormalClientThreadTerminations { get { return abnormalClientThreadTerminations; } }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// These statistics are being collected by push rather than pull.  Pull would be simpler, but I had the
+        /// notion of providing some flow statistics (which pull wouldn't give us).  Though admittedly these 
+        /// haven't yet been implemented... :)
+        /// </summary>
         public long AssetsInCache { get { return assetsInCache; } }
         public long TexturesInCache { get { return texturesInCache; } }
         public long AssetCacheMemoryUsage { get { return assetCacheMemoryUsage; } }
@@ -100,6 +105,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Statistics
                 textureCacheMemoryUsage += image.Data.Length;
             }
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Signal that the asset cache can be cleared.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ClearAssetCacheStatistics()
+        {
+            assetsInCache = 0;
+            assetCacheMemoryUsage = 0;
+            texturesInCache = 0;
+            textureCacheMemoryUsage = 0;
+        }
 
         public void AddBlockedMissingTextureRequest()
         {