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Monthly report for January 2605 
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1. Administrative & Technical Staff : There was no change in the administra- 
t i ve ana tne techmica 1 staff. 
Mr* GH^iN YORK ^HY^, ir. P. B0N*MI8 and Che NOADIMAN were ill with influ- 
enza or malaria for some u&^ a* 
2 # Clerical ; Che «fUIwU.Ml was in charge of the usual office routine. There 
was an increase in work in this laonth due to the calculation of tne lncres s 
in the coolies* wa^es ana also in the calculation of the budget for the 
coolies wages for the comin^ year* The increases in the salaries of the Ho- 
joins and the other budgets were calculated by mr. qttAN aH GUN, the ayoki- 
Syunin jointly of the liseuiris and the u ardens Mr, ESPiBKSRMAH and sometimes 
Mr* B0NAM1S assisted Che JURAIMI Che JURAIM and I shd alscT^evote a good 
deal of oup time in compiling different statistics required from the Gardens’ 
Police Auxiliar es, eitherbbecrmse the other Gardens* Police Auxiliaries sere 
too bUB^ w th the gardens' work o because ^he statistics were urgently re- 
quired and there was no time t > explain the detail n to others* (In the Gardens* 
Kampong there live 11 police auxiliaries ana tnere are two more on the staff 
who live outside the Karapong)* Mr. ESPECKBdMAN also completed typing a list 
of plants tf Flora of Syonan II Monocotyledons M compiled, at the Director s 
request, by Mr. 3. J. H. CORN Bit, and " A List of Malayan Ferns * by Mr. R. 
B* H6LTUM. The typing was done at different times, but it is reported now 
because no report was made earlier. On several occasions Mr. ESPBCKLRMAN was 
called to attend to his poet and meetings as a Syokutyo in the 3 Division 
of Syonan. 
3. Herbarium: Che NUR rearranged 4727 specimens in the Herbaria i incorpora- 
ting in it the specimens from the Hongkong herbarium of the families concer- 
ned, that is, of Haemodoraceae, Indaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Dioscoriaceae , 
Liliaceae, Cornmelinaceae , and Flagellariaceae. 
Che KIAH collected and dried seeds of different kinds of economic plants, 
and occacionally also living plants whenever wanted by Nipponzin visitors 
to the gardens. 
Ohc KIaK was also away for five (5/ days from 22-27 January for the pur- 
pose of collecting in *enang the specimens and seeds mainly of Geophila 
herbacea and Rhlnacanthus naaautus the former is said to contain emetine, a 
drug widely used in amoebic dy sentry , while the leaves of the latter plant 
ure a cure lorringworm, both maladies quite common now among many a labour 
force. 
Over to specimens or drawings were identified for Nipponzins. 
16 p varus were written for the inuex of the Genera not represented 
before in tne herbarium. This addition of new genera is due to incorpora- 
tor! in tne Herbarium the specimens from the HonKong Herbarium which conta^nf| 
many specimens from temperate Asia. 
Libra r; : Mr. B0NAMI3 inspected and cleaned the books as usual and 
uHsic ted in the ^reparation of the different clerical returns. He fumigated 
71 b > 0 K 8 and cleaned 637 volumes in all. 
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5. Forest Reserves : Che NGADI14AN was in charge of the Reserves In \\ 
and Bukit Timah. In both these reserves there was some unauthorised fellings 
by the coolies of some butais; but, since steps thave been taken to inform 
the Mpponzin superiors, it is expected that no Buch fellings will be made 
again. 
6. Seeds : There was a good demand for vegetable seeds from mppon-zina 
especially from navy officials. The seeds mostly of 8awi, Bayam, Basella^ 
Climbing spinach), Kangkong, Cucumbers, Brinjals, Kundor(*ax Gourd) ,Talinum( 
Java spinach), Brechtites(Tumba-turaba Jipun) were supplied. The seeds of red 
Bayams(three kinds), of green Celosia with red flowers, and of small yellow 
flowering zinnias were supplied to the Tokubetu-bi Suido— for the purpose 
of camouflaging the water reservoir on Fort-Canning and further advice was 
also given fax how to get other living plants for ,he purpose, bo e seeds 
of flowering plants like Oaluhinla glauca , dwarf zinnia . Balaam, *a *igold, 
Celosia spp; etc* r~re g ven the of T' 'lala of a paper factory in Palem- 
b..n-, tin ' --m >eda of medic!-' pl.nte, but ao 
