Expenditure. 
Wages of Coolies, &c. . . . 
Bills 
Balance., ... 
$ c. 
4,627.26 
6.716.47 
614.42 
Total ... $11,958.15 
Economic Gardens. 
A considerable tract of land lying along the Cluny Road was felled and stumped 
to plant Para rubber on it. This land lies between two blocks ol Para rubbe and 
had many years ago been planted up with Merbau. Inga baman, Cak.phyllum 
inophvllum, Cedrela Toona, and Mesua fer.ea. with a few other trees The «hoR 
had grown into a dense scrub of secondary growth, all of which was cleared out 
leaving the more valuable trees. The Calophyllum is useless for foresting ,n this 
way, and had made little growth, nor were the Inga Saman much better On mg to 
the difficulty of getting labour this work was not quite finished b> the end of t 
■ ear 'On the hill behind the policemen’s quarters the trees were thinned and Castilloa 
planted through the wood, and outside along its edge, to compare the growth of this 
plant with and without shade. _ . , r „ . „ 
A piece of secondary jungle along the Cluny Road between the coo y in s 
the entrance to the lower gardens was thinned an I planted through with Gutia petcha, 
Die hop sis oblong ifolia and also D. obovata. 
The road from the Dalvey entrance to the mam entrance through the garden was 
widened, strong drainpipes put in the culverts and kept in good condition as a liding 
road, and has' been very popular. Beds were made and planted with Cotton, 
and a number of new vegetables were cultivated together wtth several species of 
Ocivmm including the mosquito plant, Ocimum virtde. Experiments made with these 
especially the last mentioned proved their complete uselessness in dm mg away Mo - 
quitoes. Ramie beds were renewed and the stock replante. , an. .1 new it 
Patchouli under partial shade was made. , . , * 
The experiments in manuring Para rubber were continued, the plants being 
planted out in beds manured with different kinds of manure. 1 he experiments con- 
firmed those made on pot plants in the previous year-those manured wait om-dung 
making- the greatest growth and those with burnt earth and leaves came next, while 
le a^eare g d tolnjui the plant. A number of plants of Para Rubber wi re manured 
also with different kinds of phosphate manures, but no very apparent result has y 
appeared ^ ^ para Rubber trees we ll grown were mulched with cut grass, as an 
experiment but the results of this will not be shown for some time. 
The most important experiments were thos* made by tapping the adult t ara 
rubber trees. Experiments were made as to the best method of cutting the tree with 
the least injury, in the flow of latex as taken from different heights on the uce, at 
different times and under different weathers, also as to preparing the rubber 1 1 . . 
latex. A quantity of rubber prepared in the Gardens, 143 «« was sold to various 
buyers at home who spoke highly of it, and gave an average price iof 4 * 
pound for biscuit and 3 shillings for scrap. Samples ol w ell l’ re I^. r ^ t m r “ b ^,imer.s 
given to various planters and others interested in the business and some spe^ e . 
were sent to the Imperial Institute and to Kew. Latex was supp le 
ment Analyst for examination and analysis alkalin i t v of all laticiferous trees 
P vnenments were also made in the acidity or aiK. y 
in the Gardens, by which it was shown that Para rubber latex was unique in posses- 
Sing The S account l of 1 these experiments was published in the Agricultural Bl . ,lletin * 
During the progress of the experiments m tapping a large number of residents, 
planters, ami others came to see the work carried out. During the year 94,-35 beed; > 
and 12,454 plants of Para rubber were supplied to planters. . - 
The crop of seed was very irregular this year, probably due to the irregularity o 
the weather for the past two years. Many of the trees fruited very late, and some 
aPPa probab"y t for similar reasons the fruit crop, especially Durians and Mangosteens, 
was very short this year. 
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