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$ 
% 
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Nett Revenue brought forward ... 
6,762 
5,966 
4,299 
8,009 
By recoveries of expenses con- 
nected with sales 
790 
7 1 8 
599 
843 
Not connected with sales 
i, 188 
1,470 
1,592 
1,149 
J otal Receipts 
8:740 
8 Ab 4 
6,490 
10,00 1 
The table shows larger receipts than usual for rubber, but of the total $5,017.03, 
$2,299 was * or rubber manufactured in 1917, leaving $2,718 as for rubber made in 
1918. 
The net revenue by the sale of ornamental plants in Penang was $1,121.25- 
Wages having been raised by nearly 40 per cent and more money being available, 
the labour bill in Singapore was 20 per cent above that of 1917 and with the rise in 
the cost of commodities the stores bill 30 per cent higher. In Penang the labour bill 
was 14 per cent above that of 1917 and the stores bill 40 per cent higher. 
Buildings. 
To the roof of the Exhibition Mouse in Singapore a gable was added ; and the 
west side was re-roofed with nibong laths to its great improvement. The laths are 
spaced to admit one-third of the direct sunlight. 
Lines were constructed in Singapore for forty unmarried Tamil coolies and ten 
married Javanese. The construction of the Field Assistant’s quarters was com- 
menced. 
Collections, Records and Investigations. 
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v The receipts of plants and seeds were large, partly because the opportunities of 
acquiring local orchids were good, but chiefly because the usual supply of seeds from 
Britain was supplemented by a supply from the United States, and also in response 
to the increased activity of the Gardens resulting from the appointment of temporary 
officers in the place of the absentees. Many kind friends contributed plants and 
seeds, both residents in the Peninsula and abroad ; and thanks are due to : — Messrs. 
J. F. Bailey (Brisbane), H. BattiscombE (Indo-Chine), L. C. Brown. C. Boden 
Kloss (Indo-Chine), H. H. Bartlett (Sumatra), St. \ . B. Down, F. M. Elliot, 
E. W. Foxworthy, G. Farmer (Sierra Leone), G. Greig, H. W. Firmstone, 
V. Knight, Kvva Tau Tze, C. G. La Rue (Sumatra), V. G. H. Lunberg, H. B. 
Marshall (Rhio), E. D. Merrill (China), C. G. May, W. S. Millard, (Bombay), 
the late R. W. Munro, G. P. Owen, O. F. Ricketts (Sarawak), G. Regard 
(Mauritius), E. Rostahos, C. V. Neubronner, B. K. Saheb, J. ScKATS (Foochow), 
Dr. W. F. Samuels, C. P. Williams, G. P. Wilder (Hawaii), and C. L. Wragge 
(Auckland). 
Dr. P. S. Falshaw put at the disposal of the Gardens a very welcome supply of 
manure. 
The entries of the “ plants inwards” book in Singapore were 1,042 which, as has 
been shown in the Gardens Bulletin, M p. 137, is unusually large. These entries 
repiesent 1,390 living plants and 1,083 packets of seeds. Into the Penang Gardens 
were brought 640 living plants and 134 packets of seeds. A large part of the living 
plants brought into the Penang Garden were orchids obtained by Mr. HANIFF upon 
a successful coiled ing trip to Trang, Kassom, and Pungah, in Dower Siam. 
It was recorded in the report for 1917, How rainy that year had been in Singa- 
pore, the month of January, 1918, was rainv too ; thereafter followed a period when 
the temperature touched 66° F. several times ; the rest of the year w as evenly moist with 
frequent light rains. Probably the unusual conditions of 1918 had less to do with 
the unusual flowerings of 1918 than had the weather of 1917; nut the extensive 
dowering of Ravenala in Singapore, the fruiting of Passiflora eduhs in the Econo- 
mic Garden, the beauty at times of Bauhinia Candida, Roupellia grata, Eranthemum 
malaccense , and the Btozvncas were features oi 1918 deserving notice. 
In April insect pests were bad for a time; Flacourtia Rukam was defoliated by a 
caterpillar; 1 pomcea digitata by Euchtomi a sp. ; Crinnm asiaticum by Calogramma 
f*stiva ; and Cassias by Catopsila crocale. A Zeusera damaged Hibiscus plants by 
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