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meantime been put in a better state of repair ; but even here the 
Superintendent was a little over a mile from his work. It is need- 
less to dilate upon the utter impossibility of working a gang of 
coolies when living away from the work and without the assistance 
of an overseer; or of the inconvenience and the extra work thrown 
upon the Superintendent. Another site was felled and cleared on 
the Plantation as soon as permission was received, and the bunga- 
low — which was a Public Works Department work — was almost 
ready for occupation at the close of the year. 
13. A site was cleared and levelled for the erection of the over- 
Overseer’s quar- seer’s quarters and a contract let for the same. The 
building was commenced in the early part of Decern- 
A main road, 16 chains long, 20' wide, with a drain on each 
side 4 x 3' x 2P, leading from the entrance to the 
Gardens to the foot of the hill land, was commenced, 
though not completed within the year. A deal of filling up has 
been necessary in the construction of this road, as the Government 
road lies considerably higher than the adjoining'land. At the foot 
of the hill this road branches to the right and to the left and is ex- 
tended towards the jungle in such a manner that it may be still 
further extended from time to time as more jungle is taken down 
and eventually run right round the estate. From the foot of the 
bungalow hill an approach road has been constructed to the bunga- 
low and is 20 chains long by 18' wide. 
The gradient is steep, but the expenditure entailed in the con- 
struction of a road with an easy gradient would have been exces- 
sive. A 12' path leading from this road to the overseer’s bungalow 
was cleared and stumped at a cost of $>2.75 per chain. 
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Roads. 
15. The principal drains are 4' x 3' x 2 of which 62 chains 25 
. links have been cut at a cost of $3.50 a chain. In 
rau.agt. addition to these there are 12 chains of drains 2V x 
2\' x 2', and 93 chains 1^' x i|' x T, the total length of drains be- 
ing a little over 2 miles. 
16. During the year a memorandum was published by the 
The Imperial authorities of the Imperial Institute calling attention 
institute. to the advantages offered. to merchants, planters and 
others who may wish to have samples submitted to scientific experts 
for opinion as to their commercial value. 
Occasion was taken oithe opportunities thus offered and a bundle 
M of Blumea Balsamifera was despatched on 30th June 
gai camp or. an ^ a f ur ther bundle consisting of flowers, stems, 
leaves and roots on 1 8th September. This plant furnishes the 
Ngai camphor, and is known to the Malays as “chapa,” by whom 
it is largely used in native medicine, chiefly as a stomachic. It 
was suggested that it might be turned to good account either for 
the production of camphor or as a medicine. It is common in waste 
places in Selangor, and if of sufficient value could be easily culti- 
vated as a catch crop on rubber estates. No news, however, has 
