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Monthly ' e Yort f or .;aro h, 2o0- 1 . 
i. . Jr. Fu rtedo’s report * 
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1st ra t i v a . dr . FIB'-. T /'JX v the ea n 8*1 1 
th r- chief administrative assistant , looked a A - er + A-e renera! 
organisation and supervision of the Oardeno. a- also attended 
to any queries both from Lipoon-sinu and others. A large number 
of persons interested in the Bahau and ndau Settlements came to 
consult this Office and also to take seeds. 
*r. QtJ.vr AY GOA, in the capacity of Syunin, jointly of the 
Museum find hardens, :ept an eye on the financial side of the 
Department. Che f ABA'UGt .'ATAB was in charge of the general clerical 
routine and was assisted occasionally by Jr. P. ’ JlAArc 
!>. ’b PAKI/A //'HAN, a daily paid labourer f 14 years 1 
service , was promoted to the Gite class on junior foremen -Garden -r. . 
Che 1 HA I Aid' , who for some time worked in the Gardens r f 
the Governor-General , has now come back to the Gardens on;.’ is 
put on the Lawn Maps and Card Index of Pier's. 
H erbarium Library . Che 1 GAL A. Hi.- •>.-• an gee 6217 
specimens in the General Herbarium. The ;f; nt-fn lilies conce ec; 
are: Verbenaeeae, Labiatae, Plan tag inaceae , A ;arantaceae , Pipera«* 
ceae, Laurnceae, Proteaceae, Thyraeiacaceae and Loranthaceae . 
Che 1 KiAH inserted in the General Herbarium 1246 genera covers 
from the Hong Kong herbarium, mending the mounted specimens where 
necessary. 
Altogether dp specimens were named for different Militar, 
officers. 
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Hr. 30KAMI3 cleaned 304 books from the shelves and, alter 
inspecting them for vermin, replaced them in their old places. 
Through the kindness of the Navy, 10 specimens from the 
herbarium were sent, as a gift, to TENNO TTKIKA. Considering thrt 
the specimens had to be Halaian, small, beautiful and as perfect 
as possible, the choice was rather difficult. Finally the 
following 10 were selected and sent: Am luophyllea dioticha , 
Bauhinlo flhmnlfera , Den d rob i um c rune no t urn . Huge n la tumi d a , 
Andr ea fragrnns , Hoya coriacea , Ko s in si nga oore n a i a , Kama a 
penonglana , Ccindapsus hederaceus end Gone rile hirsute . 
.1 o r e r t Here rv e s . Che 1 KG AC : Ah continued to ie in charge 
of these enervea assisted by one patrolling coolie at Bukit 
'"in-An arid two at Frnnji. It has been impose *.ble to recruit more 
patrol 1 1 ng f ore e t gun r dr a s t h ey -ge + he 1 1 e r re ; run c ra t i on ou t s id e . 
In Kranji some artificial planting of Bakau plants has been lone 
with success. 
AuAt nua Gardens . The followin'- plants have Leon planted in 
t ' . e 3 ... t a i ; a : Calotro p i s gigantaa . Co i x lac h ry n n ; j n> : i , " i mb ry styles 
fA^ykJ^biora an-.i fum e a b a 1 > ; a ; ; 1 f e ra . The lab >urera ve e busy 
mostly in vn; Aiug and watering the large nu : ibe • of plants that 
hav & b e a n plan t eci t he re . 
u abo^ rers. For some time past the Department has been con- 
sidering ways and. means t ) the difficulties of the Gardens 1 
coolies concerning foodstuffs, the cost of which is rising day 
by asj . curtain foodstuffs, like noodles, fish and meat, were 
distributed during the official hours only, thereby making it 
in^ossibib for our coolies to get these foodstuffs. In view of 
tain v/e nave now changed the hours ol' work so that the coolies 
yet an hour’s interval between 10.30 - 11.30 a.m. further we 
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