exorbitant price for secondhand copies, and anyone seeking a copy inevitably 
made inquiry to this Department. Recommendation initiated by the Botanic 
Gardens to reprint, after prolonged deliberation, found acceptance by the 
Federation of Malaysia Government, and this ‘classic’ for any tropicaf plant 
products technologist will again soon be available. 
XIV. AGRICULTURAL PESTS SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE 
26. The Director was a member throughout the year. 
XV. UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE COURT 
27. Mr. H. M. Burkill, Director, represented the Botanic Gardens on 
the University Court as Government’s nominee. Dr. Chew Wee-Lek, Botanist 
(Keeper of the Herbarium) was appointed to the Court as the Court’s own 
electee. 
XVI. COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION 
28. 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. Mr. Lam Hin Cheng, Curator, was in executive 
charge. Funds for the maintenance of the Kranji Cemetery are provided by 
the Commission. Other information may be found in the Commission’s own 
reports. 
XVII. NATURE RESERVES 
29. There were changes in the appointing authority of Trustees of the 
Board consequent on the absorption of the City Council and Rural Board 
into the general government machinery, and changes within government of 
ministerial portfolios. During the year the Board was constituted as follows: 
Appointed by the President (up to 22nd December, 1965 by the Yang 
di-Pertuan Negara) 
1. Mr. Tan Jake Hooi. 
2. vacant. 
Appointed by the Minister for Culture and Social Affairs 
3. Mr. Poh Soo Jin, with effect from 14th September, 1965. 
4. Mr. Kiat Jun Ngui, with effect from 29th September, 1965. 
5. Dr. T. P. Paran, with effect from 16th February, 1965. 
6. Professor J. L. Harrison, with effect from 16th February, 1965. 
30. There was no change to Nature Reserves boundaries during the 
year. Vandalism continues in the Bukit Timah reserve. South View Hut was 
burnt down late in the year. Map holders have been so frequently broken, 
that no further repairs are being effected. It is virtually impossible to catch 
the offenders in dilecto flagrante. Police co-operation is generously given but 
The odds are too slender. 
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