Annual Report of the Director of Gardens 
for the Year 1918. 
The Committees of Management were constituted as follows: — 
Gardens Committee , Singapore: the Hon’ble Mr. F. J. PiGOTT, the Hon’ble 
Mr. H. W. Firmstone, the Hon’ble Mr. H. Marriott, the Hon'ble Mr. F. M. Elliot, 
the Hon’ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Mr. W. E. HOOPER, Mr. St. V. B. DOWN, with the 
Director of Gardens; Committee for the Management of the Waterfall Gardens, 
Penang', the Hon’ble the Resident Councillor (Mr. W. C. MlCHELL), Mr. f.AWRlE 
C. Brown, Mr. L. M . Bell, with the Director of Gardens; Committee for the Manage - 
inent of the Government House Domain', the Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the 
Governor (Mr. M. E. Sherwood) with the Director of Gardens. 
In Singapore the Members of the Committee constituted themselves into monthly 
boards of visitors. 
The more responsible staff consisted of the undersigned as Director. Messrs. 
FZ. H. Mathieu and J d’A. Pereira as temporary extra Assistant Curators and 
Mr. Mohamed HanifE, a Field Assistant, these three being in executive charge 
respectively, of the Economic Garden, Singapore, the Botanic Garden, Singapore, and 
the Waterfall Garden/ Penang. The Assistant Director was absent on military duty 
throughout the year. The service of the clerk, Mr. J. S. ISAAC, terminated with the 
year, and his successor is one of the trained clerical service of the Colony. 
Labour was in deficit, and wages had to be raised considerably. The influenza 
epidemic passed lightly over the Gardens: there were but two deaths, both in 
Hospital. 
Finance. 
The Colonial Government acted generously towards the Department adding a 
considerable sum to what they had become accustomed to give. At the same time 
they decided to hold in future a fuller responsibility, determining that after 1918 the 
Committees should no longer keep and use such revenue as the Gardens can make by 
sales, but draw their whole resources from the Colonial Treasury, unless there should 
fall to them “voluntary donations and subscriptions” such as Ordinance VII of 1878 
contemplated. On this decision the several Committees paid in 1919 their balances 
of December 31st, igi8, into the Treasury. The Committees still possess the power 
of adjusting wages, and distributing their grants over the needs of the Gardens, 
The revenue made in Singapore was $10,001.39. 
The following analysis of the sources whence it came is instructive. It shows a 
large recovery by'the sale of ornamental plants . — 
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By sale ot economic plants and 
% 
$ 
$ 
$ 
seeds 
1,588 
1, 15° 
887 
1 ,097 
Of ornamental plants & seeds 
1,069 
H449 
78 1 
1,895 
Of rubber 
4-105 
3»367 
2,631 
5,017 
Nett Revenue carried forwara . . . 
6,762 
5,966 
4,299 
8,009 
