SWDJ.’x Fi "APICAL OARDKNS 
M.qa U i ly ■■ e ■ ort for July 2604 
1 . DR. -gCSTAPO'S SSPOR 
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M»jg i »tr It l.v ; ffh«5 prinoipel administrative or technical assistants 
to the Nipponese officers were as follows : Dr, FIT? .*»*»( the Chaff Adminis- 
trative and Technical Assistant), Mr. QHAN AH OUK(tht. dyoki-Syunin lointi •- 
®£ the iluseums 4 the Oardens), Mr, P. 3UPPIAH( the Foreman Gardener), chf 
(the Forest Ranger), Che MOHAMAD NUR (the Herbarium Assistant), 
ar. G. ALPH0K30 (the Horticultural Assistant), Mr. S. T IviRGfT'o” ; (tP 
Leo oratory Assistant) end Mr. LIT CHiSONO POH (the Mechanical Assistnnt'. 
The clerical work war. done by Che Jt RAIMI a Cite on lenn from the 
Museums, and Mr. A. i- p; ;P'A/\1. ! , a sub clerk. These two also assisted 
iii he distribution of the different kinds of rations the staff. 
Mr. Of At T’lK CHYB (the Artist) wss sick for the greeter ?>art of the 
month with a mslignent and recurrent forri of malaria: he is being treated 
c/ the unicipal lector. Che NOAUIMAN was unable to attend to his duties 
ior nearly three weeks owing to an eczema on his legs and feet. The 
subclt rk P. BOfaaiti wsa ill with dengue fever tor 11 days, and the 
attendants Uhl- CO mu SOU&A and CUhB BIX* KlAH were each sick for 7 dsyu. 
. IlfgMSigfl* Uhe *4iR rearranged 4,125 specimens of Kuphorbiaccse 
hiticaoeae, mending them where necessary , and incorporating in the 
general Herbarium specimens from the Hong Kong Herbarium. 
Che KIaH transferred 700 Hong Kong s madmens into the general 
Herbarium and assisted in drying seeds, removing lint from cotton, etc. 
iie v;;.i s assisted by "he office attendants. The Herbarium staff also 
wgs called upon to m*me some specimen* brought for identification, to 
procure specimens of economic uln n tc* and edible weens for the purpose 
of demons tr tion during lectures given by the Nipponese officers of the 
Gardens. 
About 50 katies of edible weeds were supplied to the iiopon-zins 
whu wanted to taste the material* 
Pores t Reserv es ; 
A Buklt Timah ; The recently engaged labourer foil ill and 
was unable to do any work, so that only one coolie had to do matrolling 
' v01 ^ attend to the paths. As & result of a visit made by hr* 
oSHIt A to the squatter* in th, vicinity, the unauthorised felling has 
ceased for the time being. 
(^) K£^£^lL The two labourers patrolled the area as well se 
attended to the boundary paths and the bridge. 
, r * P* BOH AM IS looked after the hooks -ino he was assisted 
i io work b;y the office attendants. In ell 300 books wore inspected 
ifiu cleaned, the insect-borer being killed when present. 
- — ^ — 2 jfd iilL Ka 1 1 on s : The distribution of the food ond other 
re- <. ions to the Ho join a and the Rorriush&s was doxie as usual. Che AHMAT 
V ojioki —6 torekeeper } , Che JURaIAI , Air. Bdisu.IB and occasionally Mt . 
n assisted in thia distribution* As usual, the noodles were 
^Iso diatr routed through the Department to the Gardens Bluff residing in 
the Gardens* Quarters. Durixig this month coffee was obtained for the 
coolies , but as the ration was sufficient only for 77 persons at the rate 
O'- u ozs per head, axici au wo have ort our &%u x’oll 57 coolies who had not 
received coffee previously, the cooli a were given 7 ozs per head at a 
corresponding reduced price. 
Vegetables: ^ The prolonged ary weather affected the experimental 
plots ? r i v ; the maint nance of the plant houses very much. The we. ter 
pump which has been given for repairs is not yet ready. The difficulty 
ex ' rienced during the last month in obtaining enures continued almost 
tlx <_ the enr oi this mouth when the Gardens ivere able to obtain tv/o 
lorry tosds of Municipal elddge and 9 lorry loads of refuse from horse- 
stables* Th.* prolonged dry weather, the lack of m- nurse a r t 2 so th« 
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