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1. Administrate v<~ TochAic;..! Gtuff t There was no change in the adainistra- 
tiV !hHu.*rSe C hL£ir^u *„ai-t.n*. was ill for 12 days with paou^ala, a ; a 
was treated at the bob win Hoapital. ■»# as.ecKernan was ill with xnij.uv-.uza, 
2. rierbariuia: Ohe . ’angcd loijo specimens in Jibe Berbariua belong t n: ; 
to ju-aoeae ,Si«na«eae , Naiau..ceae -.nu uyper%ceae. ihe apeoinieui ox -ntsu 
faailioa from the hongaong herbanuu ..ere xncorporaaed in the general hei t>c- 
" iUm che a-lrdi collected ana dried sceas of the economic Pi»ht» _aiia also 
brought in living s .eoiraes when wan tea by visitors. In all 15-> s^eciiaent 
were determined for the Nipponese military • 
m JAN & Mr, BGNaMIS inspected the books both for verair 
hr £tt£u£ m the I„S„ Card.. XlpPOOCM »“ f 
of boom and reference. partelnlns to the .uhject. of -SjJJ.iS’XiSi ,jS 'e' 
medicinal. Mr. BONaMIS also typed some sheets o t j.nfoi raation required o t 
the visitors. 
4. seeds t~ Planting Material Distributed : Many Military and Naval Butaiis 
visited the Gardens for vegetable seeds and toe f oiiowin^ wt £® x® £ ‘ 
Talinuia and iirechtites 120 paoKets of each, lemon (Cucumber; o 
packets, Bringala 5 packets, Celosia 20 pacxets, Anurographis 
10 packets and Datura Mete! 3 fruits. 
Cutting a of the following were given away: , % , 
Tapioca 400, Talinum 100, Ortho siphon (Kuwia Kuching) 30 cutting , 
Tinospora indioa 30, and Uoecinea indica 25 • 
c Vfityp table Plots* They were maintained as usual with the purpose oi 
a ko f d^ grtmenf of the commonest vegetables and with the purpose 
ox enabling the department to supply the coolies with some vegetables v iy 
frequently. Owing to the heavy rains, all the plots suffered a bit *» 
many freshly prepared beds were washed off by the rains. 
b. Labo ur F orce; These were supplied with 5 katiea oi leai^ vegetables 
ana 6 jea ties’ of Tapioca, all free of cost. Owing to the very high rise 
in price or foodstuffs, the staff as a rule have been unable to Purchase 
in the ..ax-net commodities like fish, green gram (green *achang) 
are no ao.e controlled in the market. This has nad a very auv^-ise eiiect 
on tne n . itn oi tne staff as can he seen by the look at the piiysrcque of 
our men, irepxent diluents, also the lowered power of resistance ei~©a# to 
V, " l “ i i'f/coubln J tiou with the Police Auxiliaries, the coolies have been 
advised to cultivate every available inch of ground, to rear poultry, to 
ennnunt in larger uantities a variety of weeds and other eo/amonveg enable. 
th.*t . re avail- -ble in the area, and also to e». frequently t.ie c. ,xi ale 
of li htl ;/ f r u nted tapioca or cereals. (This last contains a 
quantity ox‘ Vitamin B. ) a 
The rur .windings of the Coolie Lines were cleaned officially 4 oxraes 
durin the month so as to reduce the danger from mosauitoes, 
Hey. ever, it would be a great boon if green gram (Kachar^ j^iji Hija , 
could be made available to our people at controlled price, at least at the 
rate of one katie per head. 
7. ,,ult. rn : Most of the tirae of the ° oolie u avel i*^® 
rifi intaining the existing economic plants. however the i allowing plt.it. 
Indigofera ~ 4 beds 
Krythroxylon - 2 beds 
*'6 re pin n ted: 
Blumea « — 5 beds 
Hibiscus 
(Roselle) 2 beds 
The following were harvested: 
3esamura indicum - 5 katies 
Castor oil seeds - 1 Katie . 
AIfo about 5 katies of the branches of *ucar Chireta (Andrographis / ana 
2 cities of Orthosiphon (Kurais Kuching) wore given away to visitor* to be 
used medicinally. 
£4 ; p> / s 
