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BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE. 
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure, for the year iqoo. 
Receipts. 
Expenditure. 
S 
c. 
)) 
By Balance in Bank . 
Government Grant 
Sale of Plants, Seeds 
and Flowers 
Interest 
2,891 42 
9,150 00 
i , 7°3 
49 
10 
20 
c 
$*4,793 7 2 \ 
Salaries. 
Clerk 
Mandores (three) 
Carpenters (two) 
Masons, (two) 
Label Printer 
Plant-collector 
Peon 
Aviary-keeper 
Police 
Coolies 
Rice Allowance 
Bills'. 
Tools and Stores 
Laterite, Gravel, Sand. 
Bricks, etc. 
Timber, Planks, Laths, etc. 
Pots and Tubs 
Birds* and Animals' Food 
Manure and Carta are 
Buildings and Repairs 
Freight on Plants, etc. 
Books and Papers 
Plants and Seeds 
Subscri ption to the Telephone 
Wardian Cases 
Petty Expenses 
Miscellaneous 
Balance in Bank 
$ 
c. 
284 
00 
484 
44 
291 
66 
183 
36 
120 
00 
| 1 18 
33 
103 
28 
96 
00 
33 1 
65 
3.347 
09 
662 
29 
j 
| 9 13 
33 
338 
27 ( 
390 
4*1 
1 17 
56 
*.539 
33 
218 
87 
569 
66 
182 
26 
302 
65 
387 
40 
CJO 
00 
121 
50 
268 
22 
297 
9 ° 
/ 
6,022 10 
5.747 36 
11,769 46 
3,024 26 
$14,793 7 2 
Economic Gardens. 
A considerable portion of ground covered with scrub lying adjacent to the Bukit 
I imah Road was cleared and planted with Para Rubber stumps and seedlings which 
have thriven well. The Merabau trees in the remaining portion of the scrub were 
cleared round and the ground opened up. A band of scrub was cleared along the 
Eastern boundary of the Garden for planting Castilloa as it seemed the most suitable 
spot tor it. A number of cuttings of Ficus clast ica were planted in various spots, for 
experiment, many trees were added to the arboretum. Among the Economic plants 
received during the year wer e — Pachvlobus edulis from Calabar, Coffei Laurentii- 
) ohusta, 7 heohroma peuiagona r Landolphia klainei , and L. Owariensis from Kew ; 
A tckxia elastica, of which three lots of seeds were received from different contributors, 
but unfortunately none germinated. This is the tree which produces the Kickxia Rubber 
of Africa and not the K. Afncana which was previously distributed from Europe, 
The large fruited bamboo Melocanna bambusoides was sent by the Chittagong 
Forest Department. 
