22 
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45. The reserve will be entirely high land, and of considerable importance, as 
the Malacca River as well as other streams have their sources in the hills. 
Botanical Tour. 
46. During the month of May, a botanical tour was made to Mount Ophir, and 
although not the flowering season a fair collection of specimens as well as a supply 
of interesting plants and orchids were obtained. 
The most notable orchids were ; — 
Cypripedium barbatum. 
Spathoglottis aurea and /. Wray it. 
Arundina densiflora, large plants. 
Bromheadia sp. 
Exchanges . 
47. Plants and seeds have been exchanged largely with the Botanic Gardens, 
Singapore, and also with Botanic Gardens, Penang, and E. Koek, Esq., Singapore, 
C, D. Ravensway, Esq., Singapore, Tan Tek Guan, Malacca, and Tan Hun Guan, 
Malacca- 
Total exchanges inwards, plants, 1,142, seeds, 8 kinds; outwards, plants, 1,231, 
seeds, 17 kinds. 
48. Attached are statements of Revenue collected and Expenditure for the year 
under review. 
GARDENS AND FOREST DEPARTMENT, MALACCA. 
REVENUE FOR THE YEAR 1890. 
Revenue collected during 1890: — 
By Sales from Bukit Sabokor Garden, 
,, ,, Government Reserves, 
3 0. $ £• 
1 r. 00 
123.07 
134-07 
Timber Supply for use of P. W. D., ... ... 112.81 
Trees supplied for Government Grounds & Buildings, 62.63 
Expenditure for the year 1890. 
Total, 
1 75-44 
$309.51 
j 
. .. * . . . i 
1 
c. 
$ 
c. 
Vote, 
5,500 
00 
Additional Vote for planting Sago, 
300 
00 
— 
— . — 
5,800 
00 
7 Watchmen, 
1,778 
19 
— — 
Garden, 
1,266 
89 
Batu Tiga Reserve, 
388 
35 
Ayer Panas Reserve, ... 
i 5 6 
25 
Merlemau „ 
218 
75 
Bukit Benang, Planting, 
201 
05 
,, Boundaries, 
41 
00 
Bukit Malaka Reserve, 
117 
49 
Sungei Udang ,, 
40 
00 
: 
Pony Allowance, 
432 
00 
Field Allowance, 
*53 
00 
,, „ Mandor, 
13 
81 
* 
Cartage, 
270 
09 
Freight and Shipping, ... 
24 
15 
Incidental Expenses, ... 
3 * 
1 1 
Herbarium Expenses, ... 
64 
95 
Personal Allowance, 
37 
79 
‘ 
General Maintenance, ... 
48 
07 
Tools and Implements, 
78 
69 
Purchase of Plants and Seeds, 
7 1 
00 
' 
Manure, 
59 
00 
— 
— 
5,498 
63 
Planting Sago, ... ... ... ’ 
300 
00 
Balance, ... 
I 
37 
• 
$5 >8 00 
00 
R. DERRY, 
Assistant Superintendent of Forests, Malacca. 
