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\Ies«ire"Sxvv« 4 'T e rr r ' p B ‘ (Japanese Seeds) ; Mr. J. C. Harvey (Mexico) ; 
Icbsrs. bAi\DER & Co.; Royal Gardens, Kew; Botanic Gardens, Cevlon - Messrs 
EUMMAN & |Co^ Mr. ROBERSON (Anstralia); Deputy Conservator of Forests, Thaipingj 
M I : /• eSSrS ' V , E ' TCH: “ r - h GERTON; Mr. ERICHSON (Denmark) 
Mr . Michoi iTZ ; Law CR or T ; Messrs Herb (Naples) ; Mr. Choa Kim Keat ; Mr. 
. . B. Down (Siamese plants); kight Reverend Bishop Hose; Mr. A B Lake 
(Selangor); Mr. G. T. Gebel (Javanese Orchids); Mr. Van Uslar (Borneo Orchids)- 
Hon. K G PENNEY; Herr Girschner (Governor of the Caroline Islands); and the 
Botanical Gardens of ] orto Rico, Port Darwin, Mauritius, Seychelles, Calcutta 
Jamaica, British Guiana, Uganda, Udaipur, Montserrat, Trinidad, Philippines, Natal’ 
1 enang, Rangoon, Sydney, Harvard University, Madagascar, Melbourne, Saharanpur 
Alipur, and the Department of Agriculture in India (three varieties of cotton seeds) 1 
A number of plants and seeds were also added from the expeditions of the 
l/i rector to Christmas Island and various parts of the Peninsula. 
Seeds and Plants Distributed. 
Exclusive of seeds and plants of Para rubber, there were 493 plants and 70 
packets of seeds distributed to various private people and gardens in exchange. 9 
,.J hc recipients were Mr. J. d'A. Pereira, Mr. A. M. Burn-Murdoch, Mr I 
VEircn, Messrs. s an d er & Co., Mr. A. D. Machado, Mr. Erichson, Mr. St.V.B 
UWN, Mr Lucas (Jamaica), Right Reverend Bishop HOSE, and the Botanicai 
BuhenzoC^ lnstltut ‘ons of Manila, Kew, Hongkong, Penang, Saigon, Selangor, and 
Herbarium. 
• ,i Par \j t He / bari . um T "' as moved to the new building, so as to leave more space 
in the old office lor tile Library which was much overcrowded, and six more new 
cabinets were made. 
The following specimens were added : — 
Rt. Rev. Bishop HOSE — Bornean grasses and sedges. 
Dr. GlMLETTE— Plants from Kuala Lebir, Kelantan. 
Dr. E. Merrill — Scitamineae of the Philippine Islands. 
Royal Gardens, Calcutta 29 specimens of Pandanus, and a number of Rubia- 
cea;, etc., trom the Malay Peninsula, collected by Wray, KunstLER and 
SCORTECHINI. 
Royal Gardens, Kew — 37 orchids and balsams, from India. 
Mr. A. M Burn-Murdoch— Specimens of Umber trees chiefly Dipterocarpeae 
from Selangor. 
A large series of plants was also collected by myself in the Semangko Pass and 
at Rantau Panjang in August, and also in Perak and elsewhere in February, and a good 
series of plants was also collected in Christmas Island during a Government expedi- 
non m October. • 1 
At the end of December, I went on leave to Gunong Pulai, in Johore, and collected 
a good number of plants in the week spent there. 
In the small part of the new building destined for a Museum, a number of speci- 
mens were cleaned, sorted and arranged, and as many new cases as could be afforded 
weie obtained. The COLLINS collection of resins, gums, fruit seeds, etc., was arranged 
m glass-topped boxes. A large series of rattans, resins, Dragon’s blood and other 
specimens of economic importance were obtained at the Agricultural Exhibition held in 
Kuala Lumpur. limber specimens were sent by Mr. Hudson and Mr. MOORHOUSE 
from Seremban, and specimens of the timbers of Christmas Island were also added 
to the collection. A fine series of Gutta perchas was presented to Museum by Mr. 
POBLOTH, and a fine series of fibres prepared by Mr. C. J. Schirmer, chiefly from 
plants grown in the Botanic Gardens and decorticated by his new machine. 
Duplicate Herbarium specimens were sent to Kew (538), Berlin (314), Manila 
(241), and the British Museum (153). 
A series of large timber specimens partly obtained by Mr. Burn-Murdgch 
and partly obtained in Singapore were forwarded to the Imperial Institute. 
Specimens of the Ngai camphor with a large quantity of the dried leaves for 
analysis were smt to the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, and a quantity of bat-guano 
from Perak was smt to the Imperial Institute for investigation. 
