Upkeep of Economic Garden . 
Vote for the year 1898 was, 
Expenditure : — 
Salaries of Mandore and 
Tools and Stores, ... 
Baskets, &c., 
Manure, 
Flower-pots, 
Balance in Treasury, 
... ... $1,500.00 
Coolies, $1,346.00 
70.65 
16.08 
37-50 
23.00 
6.77 
$1,500.00 
Upkeep of Grounds at Government House and Domain. 
Vote for the year 1898, ... 
Expenditure : — 
Salaries of Mandore and Coolies, $2,075.32 
Tools and Stores, ... ... 136.31 
One Iron Label for the tree planted 
by Prince Henry of Prussia, ... 35.00 
Cartage and Manure, ... 18.00 
Flower-pots, ... ... 2.50 
Buildings and Repairs (Plant 
house re-constructed), ... 70.00 
Timber and Planks, ... 9.06 
Shovel and Rubbish baskets, ... 13-08 
Balance in Treasury, ... 00.73 
$2,360.00 
$2,360.00 
Government House Grounds. 
20. The Mandor Samuel having been dismissed a man of the name of Rogers 
was employed and gave great satisfaction. The coolies worked well, and the grounds 
were kept in an excellent condition. The plant-houses w T ere put in thorough repair, 
and a number of small trees w'ere planted in spots where it w r as considered advisable 
to block out houses, or unsightly spots. During his visit to Singapore, PRINCE Henry 
of Prussia planted a palm ( Oreodoxa oleracea) on the lawn in front of the house. 
H. N. RIDLEY, 
Director * 
Singapore , 10th February , 1899. 
Botanic Gardens Department, Penang, 1898. 
Waterfall Garden. 
In addition to the usual routine work of maintaining a public Garden in good 
order, considerable progress has been made in extending the area and developing 
the natural features of the grounds. 
2. Outside the plant nursery a steep bank has been sloped, turfed, and the 
upper portion planted wdth ornamental flowering shrubs; and a further portion of the 
banks of the stream which intersects the garden has also been sloped and turfed. 
3. Above the Office a new clearing has been made, one hundred and eighty feet 
broad, and extending up the hillside for a distance of two hundred and fifty feet, the 
whole sloped and turfed. On this land the best of the original trees have been left 
and where necessary others of an ornamental nature planted. 
4. A carriage road seventeen feet wide has been made, and metalled, around 
the Band Stand where there was previously only a five foot path. It is not often the 
band plays in this garden as it is considered to be too far from town, but whenever 
it has done so some inconvenience has been experienced for want of room in which 
to draw up carriages. This has now been remedied. 
