CONTENTS 
ADMINISTRATION 
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I Function ------ 1 
II Staff 2 
III Labour 3 
IV Watchmen ------ 5 
V Study Awards ----- 6 
VI Trainees ------ 8 
VII Works and Buildings - - - - 10 
VIII Botanic Gardens Ordinance and Bylaws - - 17 
IX Visitors - - - - - - 18 
X State Gifts - - - 22 
XI Concerts ------ 23 
XII Library - - - - 24 
XIII Publications ----- 26 
XIV Agricultural Pests Supervisory Committee - - 31 
XV University of Singapore Court 32 
XVI Commonwealth War Graves Commission - - 33 
XVII Nature Reserves - -34 
XVIII Meteorological Records - ... 35 
BOTANICAL RESEARCH 
XIX Plant Collecting ----- 37 
XX Exchange and Acquisition 43 
XXI Loans of herbarium material - - - 44 
XXII Taxonomy - - - .45 
HORTICULTURE 
XXIII Gardens Maintenance - - - 50 
XXIV Horticultural Exchange 55 
XXV Istana Negara Domain 56 
XXVI Orchid Research - - - - - 58 
EXTENSION WORK 
XXVII Supply of Planting Material 65 
XXVIII Exhibitions and Shows - - - - 68 
XXIX Cultural Societies - - - - 70 
XXX Advisory Work 71 
