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VI. BUILDINGS AND ROADS 
12. Gardens resources undertook the following works: 
(i) The water tank in the Plant House was completed early in the year. 
(ii) The manure shed on Lawn U was enclosed with very fine mesh wire 
netting as a precaution against flies. 
(iii) A new nursery on Lawn Z below the Curator’s (Assistant Director’s) 
bungalow was enclosed with a wire netting fence. 
(iv) A number of seats was constructed using surplus perforated steel 
plate from the old Kallang Airport. These were placed on Lawns 
F and E. 
(v) The fernery at the Potting Yard, which had become very dilapidated, 
was pulled down and reconstruction was begun. 
(vi) Repairs to many drains were carried out, some on roadsides re- 
quiring complete regrading and relaying of their brick sides. 
(vii) Construction of a slatted roof house in the Orchid Nursery (Lawn T) 
for the orchid species. 
(viii) Erection of a 40 ft. metal tower was begun. This is intended to 
carry meteorological instruments, which will then be free of 
shading from trees. The tower will also carry a small water tank 
to give a head of water for a mist propagation unit which will 
be constructed nearby. 
13. In April very extensive cracking appeared in the lower walls of the 
herbarium built in 1901, and in the buttresses built to carry the weight of the 
upper floor which was added in 1930. The P.W.D. has carried out an inspec- 
tion and will undertake any repairs considered necessary. 
14. The condition of the roads remained good and no repairing was 
necessary. 
VII. VISITORS 
15. Many official visitors called at the office including: 
Nai Kasin Suvatabandhu, Department of Agriculture, Thailand. 
Professor P. R. Richards, University College of North Wales, Bangor. 
Lord Faringdon, Buscot Park, Berkshire, England. 
Prof. D. P. Watson, Michigan State University, U.S.A. 
Prof. J. H. Davis, University of Florida, U.S.A. 
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Pope, Proprietors of Cypress Gardens, Florida, U.S.A. 
Mr. L. Mattsson, Director U.N.E.S.C.O. Science Co-operation Office, Djakarta. 
Dr. P. O. Wiehe, Director, Sugar Research Institute, Mauritius. 
Dr. W. S. Stewart, Director, Los Angeles State and County Arboretum, California, 
U.S.A. 
Prof. M. E. Poore, Department of Botany, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. 
Prof. G. M. Davis, Department of Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala 
Lumpur. 
Dr. Kamemoto, Head, Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii. 
Dr. R. A. Hamilton, Professor of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, 
Dr. Kusnoto Setyodiwiryo, Director, Kebun Raya, Bogor, Indonesia. 
Dr. W. H. Hodge, Department of Education and Research, Longwood Gardens, 
Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 
Dr. K. A. Chowdhury, Department of Botany, Aligarh University, India. 
Mr. and Mrs. Rod McLellan, Orchid Nursery Proprietors, San Francisco, U.S.A. 
Mr. R. O. Williams, Asst. Director of Agriculture (Research), Sarawak. 
Mr. Tatsuro Matsuda, Faculty of Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan. 
These visits afforded occasion for useful and interesting discussions. 
