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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 27, 1384. 
44. — Additions to the Library. — A list of the Books added to the 
Library during the year will be found in Appendix D. Three additional 
book-eases with glass doors have been procured and placed in the Herba- 
rium in permanent positions. 
45. — Herbarium. — Herbarium fittings have been purchased to the 
value of $160, and principally consist of plant cabinets, tables and the book- 
cases just referred to. 
46. — The Herbarium now contains about half of the fittings required, 
which will be sufficient to accommodate our collections for some consider- 
able time. In connection with the Herbarium, I may add that the services 
of an intelligent Plant Collector is still a desideratum ; the collections 
made, so far, have been chiefly got together by the Garden Peon, who has 
nearly exhausted the jungle within a mile or two of the Gardens. 
47. — Government House Grounds —Improvements to the Govern- 
ment House ground have been continued during the year, though on a 
less extensive scale than in the previous year. The chief improve- 
ments have been the remaking of the flower border surrounding the 
Champae tree behind the Ball Boom ; to prevent the roots of this tree 
penetrating the border, a sunk brick wall three feet in depth has been 
built around the tree ; the soil of the old border has been replenished, and 
planted with suitable plants which have grown well. The shrubs on the 
lawn on the right of the East approach leading to the house have been 
overhauled, the unsightly objects thrown out and replaced by plants in 
greater variety and of a more becoming description. The shrubs ou the 
West of the other approach have received similar treatment. The shrub- 
beries and flower beds near the Lawn Tennis Court have been remodelled 
and some planted with coloured-leaved plants after the carpet bedding 
style, and others with flowering and foliage shrubs. 
48. — The park lying between the House and Grange Eoad has been 
gone over and cleared of undergrowth. The lawns and walks have been 
maintained in good order throughout the year. 
49. — Revenue and Expenditure. — The total receipts of the year 
amount to $10,799.30, of which sum $251.51 are for special receipts. 
Balance in Bank on January 1st amounted to $1,435.10, which fell in as a 
balance owing to the difference in time of a day in paying the coolies, as 
explained in my last year’s report, and can hardly he looked upon as a 
true balance. 
50. — The total sum on the side of Revenue figures at $12,234.40, and 
the total Expenditure $12,217.12, which leaves an unexpended balance on 
the side of Revenue of $17.28. 
N. CANTLEY, 
Superintendent . 
Botanic Gardens, 
Singapore , June, 1884. 
