It is gratifying 

 seeds have gone to 

 comparatively few to other countries. 



Other Plants Exported. 



Ficus elastica is less in demand, and only 510 plants were 

 exported this year to Sydney. A large number of seeds were 

 exported to Southern Nigeria, 1,000 Coconuts were purchased and 

 packed and transmitted there, and several bags of Nipa seeds and 

 of Sago seed. These are reported to have arrived in good c" J - 



nd Durian seed were also sent. The latter is 

 especially a bad traveller, as the seed is very fleshy and soon spoils. 



Experiments on Rubber Tapping. 



16.— A series of experiments were carried out through the 

 year to test the effect of tapping at all seasons of the year, and a 

 special and full report was sent to the Government on the res ult. 

 There was a vote of $1,200 allowed for these experiments, which 

 actually cost $1,178.50. This vote was refunded to the Govern- 

 ment from the money received by the sale of the rubber made 

 during the experiments, which amounted to $2,60041, so that the 

 experiments cost the Colony nothing at all. A quantity of Latex 

 was supplied to the Agricultural Exhibition to make into Crepe 

 with a Crepe Machine, and a quantity of rubber in different forms 

 sent to the Exhibition in Ceylon. 



Inspection of Coconut Trees. 



294 stu 



: destroyed. There 

 I c. 



Vote for the year 



Expenditure ... T 93 °4 



Balance ... 16 3 6 



HENRY N. RIDLEY, 



Director of Gardens, S. i 



Botanic Gardens, 

 Sin gapore, February 23, 1907. 



a The following details of Revenue and Expenditure at 

 fPPended. It is noticeable that there is a balance of $1,875-74 « 

 ™ e , nd , 0f the y ear > wh ich requires explanation. The annual yo 

 upphed by the Government is not adequate ^ the expenses 

 «e Gardens, and one-third of the cost is made on sales, and, as tn 

 ^oney for the sales does not come in till late in the yea», it 

 es *ntial to keep a strong balance for the early part of the folio*" 



