ADMINISTRATION 
I. STAFF 
There was no change in establishment during the year and with the filling 
of the post of Horticultural Assistant in May, senior, research and technical 
personnel was again at full strength. 
IT TRAINING 
2. From 11th October to 7th November Mr. Alphonso, attended a 
course on genetics sponsored by U.N.E.S.C.O. at the National Institute of 
Genetics in Japan. Miss Chang Kiaw Lan was given an Asia Foundation 
Award tenable in the United States of America but due to delay in settling 
the terms on which she could proceed on overseas study, the award could 
not be taken up. 
III. LABOUR 
3. An average number of 70 labourers was employed in the Botanic 
Gardens, 54 in the Istana Negara Domain, 6 men in the Nature Reserves 
and two men and two women in the Herbarium. 
4. During the 26-day strike of Government daily-rated employees in 
November, 56 labourers in the Botanic Gardens did not report for duty; 
all other labourers including the entire labour force at the Istana Negara 
Domain remained on duty. 
IV. BUILDINGS AND ROADS 
5. The Public Works Department renovated and extended the public 
w.c. on Lawn D. Roads remained in a good state. The fabric of the herbarium 
building, however, showed more cracking (see Reports for 1959, paragraph 13, 
and 1960, paragraph 7), and there was evidence of straining of timbers in 
the roof. Though the main foundation of the building seems to be solid 
there is obviously movement which first became apparent in April 1959 
and has been continuous since. The state of the building and its valuable 
contents inevitably give rise to some anxiety. 
6. By Gardens’ resources a fireproof cement and brick store for petrol 
and other inflammable articles was constructed near the potting yard; the 
ruins of an ancient latrine below the Director’s quarters on Lawn Z were 
removed; the Gardens’ fence, which is a constant target for sportive youngs- 
ters who prefer to make holes through it instead of walking to the nearest 
gate, was frequently repaired; the sealed-up gate at Liane Road was repaired 
and opened and a new gate, Holland Gate, was made at the Holland Road 
end of Tyersall Avenue. 
V. VISITORS 
7. Many official visitors called at the office including: 
Mr. J. S. Womersley, Forest. Department, Lae, New Guinea. 
Mr. J. A. Bourne, Horticultural Adviser to Air Ministry, London. 
Miss Regina Schoental. Medical Research Council Laboratories, Carsholton, 
England. 
Sir Roland Robinson. Chairman, General Council, Commonwealth Parlia- 
mentary Association. House of Commons, London, and a keen 
horticulturist. 
Sir Frank Engledow, Emeritus Professor of Agriculture, Cambridge 
University, England. 
