Appointed by the Minister for Culture and Social Affairs 
3. Mr. Poh Soo Jin 
4. Mr. Kiat Jun Ngui 
5. Dr. T. P. Paran 
6. Professor J. L. Harrison 
Ex-officio 
7. Director, Botanic Gardens. 
One board meeting was held. 
19. Paths and shelters at Bukit Timah were upkept and the boundaries 
of all the reserves were maintained. Fourteen permits were issued for the 
taking of scientific specimens. The Military continued to use the Water 
Catchment Reserve for exercises. 
XVI. METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS 
20. Rainfall in the Gardens was near the average for the past 53 years, 
with 96.03 inches recorded at the office site on 177 days. As in previous 
years, rainfall at the site at the top of Bukit Timah was higher than in the 
Gardens, 141.06 inches being recorded on 174 days. Though the number of 
rain-days was nearly the same at both sites, precipitation was invariably 
heavier at Bukit Timah. March, November and December were the wettest 
months, and February the driest. Details are at Appendices II-IV. 
XVII. CONFERENCES 
21. Mr. A. G. Alphonso, Curator, attended the Fifth World Orchid 
Conference at Los Angeles, U.S.A., between 13th and 22nd April as a 
Singapore delegate. He presented a paper to the Conference entitled “The 
need for Conservation of Malaysian Orchid Species.” He was elected to the 
International Orchid Committee on Classification, Nomenclature and Regis- 
tration. Details of the concurrent orchid show are given under “Exhibitions” 
in paragraph 56 of this report. 
22. Dr. Chang Kiaw Lan, Botanist, attended the Eleventh Pacific 
Science Congress at Tokyo, Japan, between 22nd August and 9th September 
and read a paper entitled “Criteria for the Classification of Lentinus species”. 
The Department gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the American 
Embassy, the Asia Foundation and the Industrial Research Unit of the 
Economic Development Board in covering her expenses in attending the 
Congress and the United State-Japanese Algal Culture Conference held 
concurrently in Hakone. 
XVIII. STATE GIFTS OF PLANTS 
23. On the occasion of the state visit of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Prime- 
Minister of Singapore, to New Delhi, six mature orchid plants were presented 
to the Vice-President and the Prime-Minister of India on 1st September. 
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