X. VISITORS 
14. The Botanic Gardens were honoured by a visit by H.R.H. the Sultan 
of Trengganu, Timbalan Agong of the Federation of Malaysia, and H.R.H. 
the Sultanah of Trengganu on 23rd March, lnche Othman Wok, Minister for 
Social Affairs, and Mr. H. W. Barker, Minister for Law, also visited the 
Gardens in March. Mr. Ong Kee Hui, President, Kuching Municipal Council, 
paid two visits, on 12th February and 1st November. His Excellency, 
Mr. Hiroshi Kuroki, Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, paid a visit on 
15th October, and a party of Japanese Parliamentarians representing the 
Special Committee for Overseas Economic Co-operation of the Liberal 
Democratic Party in Japan came to the Gardens on 7th October. 
15. Many eminent men of science and leaders of business concerned 
with biological products called during the year including: 
Sir George Taylor: Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
Professor Harry Godwin: Professor of Botany, Cambridge University. 
Mr. John Corner: Professor of Tropical Botany, Cambridge University. 
Dr. Duncan Poore: Commonwealth Forestry Institute Oxford 
University, lately Professor of Botany, University of Malaya. 
Professor John S. Turner: Professor of Botany, University of 
Melbourne, Australia. 
Professor Maxwell Doty: Professor of Botany, University of Hawaii. 
Dr. J. W. Fairbairn: Pharmacognosist, University of London. 
Mr. N. R. Pellicani: Vice-President, Marine Colloids, Inc., Maine, 
U.S.A. 
Professor P. Maheshwari: Profesor of Botany, University of Delhi, 
India. 
Dr. Shigayasu Akai: Professor of Plant Pathology, Kyoto University, , 
Japan. 
Dr. Ross G. Robbins: Forest Ecologist, Australian National University, 
Canberra. 
Mr. Dusit Banijbatana: Director-General, Royal Forest Department, 
Thailand. 
Mr. Lennart Mattsson: Director, U.N.E.S.C.O. Southeast Asia Regional 
Centre for Science and Technology. 
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