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Month ly Report for Au gust 2604 
I. DR. FURTADO'S REPORT I •' ' | 1|| | 1 jj j|j ] ?■ 
1. Administrative : There was no change, either qualitative or 
quantitative, in the strength of the technical or administrative assistants 
of the Department. Dr. FURTADO continued to "be the chief administrative 
assistant. 
2. Clerica l: Mr. QUAN AH GUN, the Syoki Syunin Jointly of the 
Museums and the Gardens, assisted Mr. 3UD0 in preparing the budget for the 
coming economic year. 
Che JURAIMI, a Gite on loan from the Museums, carried on the usual 
office routine; in this he was ass sted greatly by Mr. A. ESPBCIL2RMAN , a 
daily paid sub-clerk. Mr. iSPriCKERU AN typed 35 page* of a manuscript 
Flora of Syonan. 
A good deal of pressure is thrown on the office staff of the 
Department Just at the beginning of the month, because, in addition to 
their having to preoare the labourers 1 pay-sheet, they are called upon to 
submit by 3rd of each month five kinds of returns giving classified 
information about the labour up to the very end of the previous month, 
3« Herb a rium : Che NUR rearranged 2,329 specimens of the Urticaceae 
family in the general Herbarium, incorporating in it the Hong Kong specimens 
of the family. 
Che KIAH was busy for the most part drying seeds of the different 
kinds of economic plants and in separating cotton lint from seeds. In this 
he was frequently assisted by the two Attendants, FRANCO and SUEB. 
From time to time the Herbarium staff was called upon to procure 
living specimens of plants to be examined by visitors or to be used as 
illustrations for lectures to be given by Prof. KORIBA or Dr. WATANABE. 
Further, the staff was also called upon to name specimens submitted and/or 
to furnish information about the plants. In all about 150 specimens 
were identified during the month, about 73 of which from Indo China. 
4. Seeds : Vegetable seeds were supplied to many visitors some of 
whom were from Bahau. Over 2,000 packets were prepared and distributed 
among the military, the seeds being of Bayam, Basella, Talinum and 
Krechtites, the four vegetables now widely appreciated owing to their 
being easy to grow. Kangkong seeds would have also been appreciated 
b,y the military, but the Department was unable to procure seeds in large 
quantities at short notice. Some seeds of medicinal plants, especially 
Andrographis paniculate , were distributed to Nippon-zins and to the 
Canossa Convent in Bahau. 
5* Forest Reserves : Che NGADU AN supervised the work of both the 
i’orest Reserves. Owing to shortage of personnel to patrol the reserves, 
it has been difficult entirely to keep out unauthorised persons who go 
there to gather firewood. However, in both the reserves no new trees 
have been felled, the wood removed being from dead trees only. 
In the I rang! forest reserve, two wooden bridges have been repaired 
and about 100 bakau seedlings have been planted. 
6. Library: Mr. P. BON AM I 8 and Mr. ESPECKERMAN have started checking 
books and correcting entries in the Card and the typed catalogues, correct- 
tions being necessary owing to some sections of the library having been re- 
arranged so as to facilitate consultation. 
7. Later Pump : The Water Pump which was unworkable for the last 
three months because its crank shaft had broken has been repaired by the 
Ko iu Ka. As a result the work in watering plants in the plant and 
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