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4. It is proposed that the Gardens Department shall continue 
to edit the Bulletin, as they are possibly in the best position for 
consulting Books of Reference ; but I would here emphasise strong- 
ly the difference between editing a Paper and writing it. It is of 
the greatest possible importance that a band of contributors be 
organized, and this I think could best be done in the Federated 
Malay States by the Chairman of the United Planters' Association; 
in Penan o- and Province Wellesley by Mr. CURTIS, the Assistant 
Superintendent, Botanic Gardens, Penang. In Perak by Messrs. 
Wray and Derry, the Curator of Museums, and the Superin- 
tendent of Government Gardens respectively. In Selangor by* Mr. 
-\rpex the Federal Superintendent of Experimental Plantations; 
and, when appointed, by the Chief Forest Officer of the Colony and 
Federated Malay States. These gentlemen will, I feel sure, (it 
asked by the Government) be only too pleased to contribute to its 
pao-es and also collect copy in their respective distric ts and forward 
ft t & o the Editor in Singapore. It is by this combination only that 
success can be achieved ; and so far as the Gardens Department 
is concerned, no effort shall be spared to make it so. When pos- 
sible illustrations will be reproduced. 
c. Subscriptions payable in advance will be at the rate of $3.00 
per annum, or fifty cents for a single copy, ind will be received by 
the Superintendent of the Government Printing Office, Singapore, 
to whom all orders should be sent. Subscriptions will commence 
from the 1st of October next, the date on which the first number 
will be issued. 
W. FOX, 
Acting Director, Botanic Gardens. 
Singapore , 1st August, igoi. 
