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This has become established and is now being cut for fodder. 



27. Now that a supplementary vote has been granted for the 

 extension of the fodder land, much will be done during the ensuing 

 year, more jungle felled and large areas planted. 



28. After reading previous experimental reports on fodders and 

 also consulting and hearing the opinions of previous Superintendents, 

 I consider it waste of time and money experimenting with European 

 and Indian fodder plants such as clover, lucerne, sainfoil, trefoil, etc.. 

 as these have been tried before and proved unsuccessful, owing to the 

 exceedingly heavy rainfall. I propose to devote attention on the 

 culture of Guinea grass and paspalium, also the jungle water grass 

 seen in many native orchards for the damp valleys. These are likely 

 to prove the most successful for such a wet hill station as Maxwell's, 



PUBLIC GARDENS, TAIPING. 



29. These gardens have been well maintained during the year, 

 beds being continually replanted to ensure a constant supply of 

 flowers. The old road leading to the Residency has now^ been dis- 

 continued and a new one made by the Public Works Department 

 through the late Commandant's gardens. 



RESIDENCY GARDENS, TAIPING. 



30. The gardens have also been well maintained and the supply 

 of pot plants constant. 



LAKE GARDENS. 



31. Towards the end of the year an ornamental bridge was 

 erected at a cost of $350 to connect the footpath on the newly formed 

 ganiens with the paths on the older parts. 



32. The vote for cleaning of lakes and laundry having been ex- 

 pended in August the work of cleaning lakes was discontinued for 

 nearly three months. A supplementar\- vote of $300 was granted and 

 work continued in November. 



33. Five new notice boards were made and placed at various 

 parts of the gardens. The notices are written in Chinese, Malay and 

 Tamil. 



34. Draining, levelling and planting operations on the new parts 

 of the Lake Gardens were commenced at the latter part of the year 

 and already improvem.ents are seen. To bring the entire gardens 

 into cultivation is a work of time, and before beautiful effects can be 

 attained much levelling and draining must be done. The soil is 

 exceedingly poor, nothing more or less than sand, and in many places 

 exceedingly stony. To obtain good results when planting beds, this 

 soil must be t-aken away and new soil added. However, with Taiping 

 rainfall, planting can be done at all times of the \'ear with no serious 

 checks on the plants w^hen shaded. 



