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Director of Gardens, untii the end of June, when, on Mr. LOWTHER Kemp'S departure 
from the Colony, the Hon'ble Mr. H. W. FlRMSTONE was appointed in his place. 
A Committee for the Management of the Waterfall Gardens, Penang, was created 
on September 22nd, consisting of the Hon'ble the Resident Councillor iMr, A, T. 
Bryant), Mr. Layvrie C. Brown and the Director of Gardens. 
There was but the one change in the staff already referred to, namely, the 
appointment of a second Inspector of Coconut Trees for Malacca, responsible for the 
Alor Gajah Division, the senior Inspector being put in charge of the Central and Jasin 
Divisions. 
Finance, 
Except for provision to meet increments on salaries, and to meet the pay and 
travelling expenses of the Coconut Inspector at Alor Gajah, the budget votes for 1916 
were the same as in 1915. 
By the sale of plants, seeds, and by recoveries, etc., the Gardens’ Committee, 
Singapore, realized $8,154.60. By similar sales the Waterfall Gardens, Penang, 
realized $627,09. 
The position of the Gardens’ Committee, Singapore, on January 1st, 1917, and on 
the same day of the proceeding four yeirs, stood thus, cents omitted : — 
1914. 
1 9 I 5 ' 
1916. 
1917. 
$ 
% 
$ 
$ 
In the Bank and in hand 
3)123 
1 >55 3 
2)777 
3)247 
Outstanding debts to the Gardens . . . 
426 
366 
439 
634 
Value of rubber in store 
625 
1,224 
882 
1,264 
Making 
4)174 
3A43 
4,098 
5B45 
Less advance payments 
585 
5i3 
303 
419 
Total 
3,589 
2,630 
3)795 
4,726 
The funds held on January 1st, 1917, comprised $1,500 earmarked for the repair 
of the Javanese cooly lines so that the working balance was $3,226. 
An analysis of the sources of revenue gives the following table : — 
$ c. 
By the sale of economic plants and seeds ... 1,149 81 
By the sale of ornamental plants and seeds ... 1,448 90 
By the sale of rubber ... ... ... 3,3 67 37 
— 5,966 08 
By recoveries of the expenditure in 
connection with these sales, packing ($355.66), 
cartage and coolies ($164.60), freight ($198.16) ... 718 42 
By recoveries not connected with sales, and bank 
interest ($57.40) ... ... ... L47° 10 
2, 1 88 52 
$8,154 60 
The above statement is of utility as serving, upon comparison with the similar 
table in last year’s report, to show in what measure (36 per cent) the revenue from 
ornamental plants has increased, while that from economic; plants has decreased (28 
per cent). From the two together the Gardens' revenue has slightly increased, for the 
increase on ornamental is greater than the decrease on economic plants; the revenue 
from rubber was $800 less than in 1915, and the whole revenue less by the difference 
between $5,966 and $6,762. But $4,105 having been the revenue from rubber in 
1915, by deducting $1,224 the value of the 1914 rubber sold in 1915, and adding $882 
the value of the 1915 rubber sold in 1916, the value of the rubber made in 1915 is 
