VI. CONCERTS 
12 There were 19 band performances by the Singapore Police Band 
during the year, which, as always, drew large crowds^ Thanks are offered to 
the Commandant of the Singapore Police Force and 
Two variety shows (the Aneka Ragam Raya at) were put by courtesy ot 
the Ministry of Culture. 
VII. PUBLICATIONS 
13. Printing of Supplement I by G. H. Addison to Malayan Orchid 
Hybrids was well advanced by the end of the year Material for a second 
supplement is now available. Gardens’ Bulletin 17 (3) was published 
December. Staff members published the following papers: 
Burkill. H. M.: A Biologist amongst the Rubber Barons Family Forum 
Christmas I960 [A periodical of the British Services m Singapore]. 
Furtado, C. X.: Superfluous Names and later Homonyms, Taxon 9 (5), I960, 
147-150. The Philological Origin of Areca and Catechu, Prmapes 4 (1) 
1960, 26-31. 
14. Gardens’ Bulletin, Volume 6, was reprinted. This volume con- 
taining papers on local medicinal lore had been out of print for some time. 
With the marked revival of interest in recent years in phyto-chemistry, 
reprinting was undertaken to meet worldwide requests. 
15. Botanic Gardens publications brought in $9,848 revenue. 
VIII. LIBRARY 
16. The accommodation of the library remains unchanged. The books 
being stored in two separate rooms, neither of which was designed for this 
function and both badly needed for their intended purpose. One is an office 
room, the other is an extension of the herbarium in which the spirit collection 
of plants should be stored. This collection remains in the herbarium and is 
an embarrassing fire hazard. The lack of proper library accommodation is 
most unsatisfactory and it impedes the normal functioning of the library and 
holds up other work. 
17. Library accession amounted to 243 volumes. This large intake of 
material adds to the difficulty of improper and inadequate accommodation. 
The accession register contained the titles of 8,047 volumes at the end of 
the year. 
IX. AGRICULTURAL PESTS SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE 
18. Mr. Burkill, Director, was a member of the committee. 
X. COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION 
CEMETERY KRANJI 
19. The Imperial War Graves Commission changed its name during the 
year to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Director, Botanic 
Gardens, remained the Commission’s representative in Singapore. The Botanic 
Gardens continued to supervise the horticultural and administrative work in 
maintaining the Cemetery under instructions from the Commission’s Eastern 
Region Headquarters in New Delhi, India. Further information may be found 
in the Commission’s own reports. 
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