XIV. AGRICULTURAL PESTS SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE 
31. The Director was a member throughout the year. 
XV. UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE COURT 
32. The Director represented the Botanic Gardens on the University 
Court as Government’s nominee. 
XVI. COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION 
33. The Director continued to be the Commission’s representative in 
Singapore, and was responsible for the maintenance of the War Graves 
Cemetery at Kranji under instructions from the Commission’s Eastern Region 
Headquarters at New Delhi. Funds for the maintenance work of the Kranji 
Cemetery are provided by the Commission. Further information may be found 
in the Commission’s own reports. 
XVII. NATURE RESERVES 
34. The Board consisted of: 
Nominated by the Yang 1. 
di-Pertuan Negara 2. 
Nominated by the Minister for 3. 
National Development 4. 
Representative of the 5. 
City Council 
Representative of the 6. 
Rural Board 
Chairman, ex-officio 7. 
Mr. Tan Hoon Siang up to 16-9-64 
Mr. Liew Tiew Kee 
Mr. O. K. Abraham 
Mr. Tan Jake Hooi 
Vacant 
Vacant 
Director of Botanic Gardens 
35. To facilitate improvements to Lornie Road undertaken under the 
State Development Plan, approximately three acres of the Water Catchment 
Nature Reserves were surrendered. Routine patrolling and maintenance were 
carried out. Vandalism to the shelters and maps on Bukit Timah is a constant 
nuisance. Of the ten map holders put up for the information and guidance 
of visitors, all except two had to be repaired during the year. Seventeen 
permits were issued to staff and students of the University of Singapore, 
Nanyang University, and schools, and to responsible individuals to collect 
specimens of plants and insects in the Reserves. Pilfering of timber from the 
MacRitchie Reservoir area of the Water Catchmen Nature Reserve became 
a major problem, and police assistance had to be solicited. A number of 
arrests were eventually made which helped to curb these depredations. 
XVIII. METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS 
36. As previously recorded (A.R. 1963, para. 29), 1963 was an un- 
usually dry year with a recorded rainfall of only 66.92 inches against a 49- 
year average of 98.12 inches. The rainfall of 1964 was almost exactly double 
that of 1963 with 122.23 inches recorded at the Orchid Enclosure and 125.10 
inches at the office site. The quantity recorded at the summit of Bukit Timah 
was 123.79 inches. In the Gardens, February, April, October and December 
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