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Month ly Rewort for October 26_Qk » 
A). Dr. FULTADO ' s RLP OR 
l Ari^inlqt.rHtive:* Technical Staff: There was no increase or decrease in 
the Total 1 strength of the staff. 'MrT CHAN YORK SHYB(the artist) and Mr. P. 
BONAMIS( subclerk) suffered from Malaria. Che MD. l'R( the Herbarium Assistant) 
had wounds on a foot which took a long time to heel. 
o herbarium: Che NUR rearranged 5279 specimens in the genexal herbarium 
b e longiHg~iio the following plant families: Cupuliferae, Coniferae, (Jnetaceae, 
Salicaoeae, Cycadaceae, Burmanniaceee and Orchidaceae. 
Che KIAH was busy in collecting and drying the seeds of the diff> ixi, 
kinds of economic plants, removing cotton lint from seeas, e-c. ; ll; 
he was assisted by the two Attendants. In all 85 specimens air p otcfexs^ 
were identified for Hipponzins. 
Library: Mr. A. E8PECJCERMAN , in addition to clerical war , e ; 'fc«ed 
cr rd "in3ex7 making corrections where necessary. In this on -i ,;e —a 
cot very busy as a Syokutyo in regard to change of occupation, employ i 
investigation, etc. Mr. B01IAMI3 continued the inspection ana cleaning 
books, killing vermin when seen. He also attendea to t; . fu x 
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L Forest Reserves: Che NGADIliAN made regular rounds of the reserves at 
Bukit Timah and Kranji. In Kranji two bridges have been repaired. Some 
ulant8 of Hibiscus t lliaceus were felled for the purpose o» usxng its oaik, 
in making thremTand twine in factories; but measures have been taicen that 
no further encroachment will take place. In Bukit Timah the paths were •• 
cleared® 
5 # Seeds; Vegetable seeds were supplied to many visitors, both Nipponese 
and non -2? ipponese* There was also some requests for the seeds of 
Andrograohie panic ulata 
6 . Labourers: As last month, the labourers were supplied »it%egetables 
o- ro" rT”in~ - the Gardens. The cultivation of communal plots Is main,ainea, 
the acreage under cultivation on communal 
iK .« rpa Tn addition the whole of the staff and thoir ^amlxies 
if [dual plots. The health of the labourers was on the whole satisfactory 
7. Komuka: Through the courtesy of Komuka some repairs to the vvaterpump 
and”V”motor Lawn Mower were done. 
8. Coolie Lines: Some parts of the attap coolie lines were repaired, 
department ally; hut recently we have been unaole to obtain more attaps 
and so further repairs have been stopped. 
9* Lawns: lotor mowers were used in Lawns H, J, 0, a W. 
Scythes and habets were used in Lawns, D, F. K, P. A E. Tlfnts 
cross cuttings were removed for corapos+ing in vegetable plots. Pif p® 
i P® weeded in Lawns A, C, D * E, and grass cuttings were used to mulch 
th area around their bases. 
The Nursery coolies cleaned the Palm Valley Hoad cutting the 
shrubs which were., interfering with traffic. The Loranthus spp. were 
removed from some trees in Lawn 0. Shrubs ana bamboos were cut along 
Tyersall Avenue and Road, a work formerly done by Municipal coolies. 
The wooden bridge by the lake was mended. Burkillianthus plants were. 
)lanted in Lawns C, S A 2* 
10. Ve getable Plots were maintained as usual, paying special attention 
to the needs of the coolies, so that they could be supplied wi h e 
vegetables once or twice a week. 
11. Sultana ; A greater portion of the available labour v - s used ir: 
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