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BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE. 
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure) for the year igco. 
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Receipts. Expenditure. 
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Salaries , 
$ c. 
1 c. 
By Balance in Bank ...1 
2,891 42 
Clerk 
284 00 
,, Government Grant 
9,150 00 
Mandores (three) 
484 44 
,, Sale of Plants, Seeds! 
Carpenters (two) 
291 66 
and Flowers 
2,703 10 
Masons, (two) 
183 36 
' 
,, Interest 
49 20 
Label Printer 
120 00 
Plant-collector 
118 33 
Peon 
103 28 
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Aviary-keeper 
96 00 
Police 
> 
33 1 
* 
Coolies 
3-347 09 
* 
Rice Allowance 
662 29 
6,022 10 
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Bills . 
Tools and Stores 
9 i 3 33 
Laterite, Gravel, Sand, 
Bricks, etc. 
338 27 
Timber, Planks, Laths, etc. 
390 41 
Pots and Tubs 
1 17 56 
Birds' and Animals' Food 
L 539 33 
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Manure and Cartage 
218 87 
Buildings and Repairs 
569 66 
Freight on Plants, etc. 
1S2 26 
Books and Papers 
302 6 s 
Plants and Seeds 
3 8 7 4 o 
Subscription to the Telephone 
90 00 
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| Wardian Cases 
121 5 ° 
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1 , 
Petty Expenses 
268 22 
Miscellaneous 
297 90 
5.747 3 6 
1 
11,769 46 
Balance in Bank 
... 
3,024 26 
$M »79 3 i 2 
' 
§* 4)793 7 2 
Economic Gardens. 
A considerable portion of ground covered with scrub lying adjacent to the Bukit 
Timah Road was cleared and planted with Para Rubber stumps and seedlings which 
have thriven well. The Merabau trees in the remaining portion of the scrub were 
cleared round and the ground opened up. A band of scrub was cleared along the 
Eastern boundary of the Garden for planting Castilloa as it seemed the most suitable 
spot tor it. A number of cuttings of Ficus elastica were planted in various spots, for 
experiment, many trees were added to the arboretum. Among the Economic plants 
received during the year were Pachylobus edulis from Calabar, Coffei Laurent n- 
robust a, Lheobroma pentagons t Landotphia klatnei^ and L. Owamensis from Kevv ; 
Kickxia elastic a, of which three lots of seeds were received from different contributors, 
but unfortunately none germinated. This is the tree which produces the Kickxia Rubber 
'of Africa and not the K. Africana which was previously distributed from Europe. 
The large fruited bamboo Melocanna bambusoides was sent by the Chittagong 
Forest Department. 
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