(ii) Two plant houses were built, one for orchid seedlings, and the other 
for foliage plants. 
7. The Public Works Department did: 
(i) Repairs to the fabric of the herbarium. 
(ii) Redecoration of all the office buildings. 
(iii) Repairs and repainting of the band stand. 
(iv) Repainting of the orchid nursery fencing. 
(v) Patching of the roads. 
(vi) Repairs and redecoration to the Curator’s quarters at 30 Cluny 
Road. 
8. Contract sources installed a fire detector system in the herbarium 
and adjoining buildings. 
V. VISITORS 
9. Many official visitors called at the office including: 
Mr. J. M. Addis, U.K. Ambassador to Laos. 
Professor M. E. D. Poore, Department of Botany, University of Malaya 
in Kuala Lumpur. 
Mr. E. J. H. Berwick, Director of Agriculture, North Borneo. 
Dr. R. Cleland and Mr. H. Coolidge, National Academy of Sciences, 
U.S.A. 
Haji Abdul Malik, Governor of the State of Malacca. 
Dr. Salim Ali, Bombay Natural History Society. 
Mr. P. Weissich, Director, Foster Botanical Gardens, Hawaii. 
Rear Admiral R. E. Portlock, Chief of Staff, Far East Station, Royal Navy. 
Prof. Finn Sandberg, Royal Pharmaceutical Institute, Sweden. 
Dr. D. D. Keck, National Sciences Foundation, U.S.A. 
Lord Perth, Minister of State, London, and Lady Perth. 
Mr. R. F. Wolf, Natural Rubber Bureau, U.S.A. 
Professor V. J. Chapman, Auckland University College, New Zealand. 
10. Visiting research workers who made use of the Gardens facilities 
were: 
Mr. P. S. Ashton, Forest Department, Brunei. (Forest trees). 
Dr. W. Meijer, Forest Department, North Borneo. (Forest trees). 
Mr. D. J. Cl o ward, United Fruit Coy, Boston, U.S.A. (Bananas). 
Mr. P. Allen, United Fruit Coy, Lancetilla Experiment Station. Honduras. 
(Bananas). 
Prof. H. St. John, University of Saigon. (Pandanus). 
11. Useful discussions were had with all the above visitors and visiting 
research workers. The latter by using the herbarium facilities added to the 
value of the material available to them by making notes, determinations, 
corrections and amendments as well as working on their own material 
brought for comparison. 
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