BXuLAft BOTANICAL GA-ilBbS 
Monthly Report for July, 2603* 
1 . Dr. Furtodo'g report on hla work. 
Herb arium . .10,839 specimens of the Hong Kong herbarium 
ha ,r e been incorporated in the general herbarium. 'These specimens 
represent about two-fifths of the total number of the specimens 
in the herbarium. 
A good many Nipponese officers both from Syonan and from 
outside came to the Gardens for information about medicinal 
and poisonous plants arid al30 to sec specimens either growing 
in the Gardens or preserved in the herbarium. 
A small set of the common poisonous and medicinal shrubs 
and creepers was made and presented to the Tanglin Okabutai 
concerned with research in drug3. I had to go three times to 
the grounds and advise the versons concerned as to the choice 
of the gr und, the manner of preparing it, etc. In all 66 
plants were presented to the Okabutai. 
Another set of weeds having edible tops and leaves was 
made, dried, named and presented f o a Military medical officer 
of the Nipponese garrison. The interest in the weeds supply- 
ing leafy vegetables has been very great recently so that some 
medical officers have asked for more sets and volunteered to 
pay for the artists and get drawings made of the plants. 
Liorary . Che* Abdul vVahab typed 31 titles for recently 
bound books for which the printing department has hot put any 
titles on the covers, and pasted the typed slips onto the bacK 
of the books. 
A large number of medical and fibre experts have been 
consulting our library. This takes a good deal of my time, as 
I have personally to show the books and some times the chapters 
concerned to the information seekers. Apparently the other 
libraries in Syonan, though having the necessary books, have 
not persons who can guide consultants to the necessary informa- 
tion. ! 
Miscellaneous . Rice and Sugar and oil were distributed 
to the coolies and their families as usual. Tils tine oil was 
obtained in the same quantity as given to other persons outside 
the consumer-unit and so the coolies were satisfied. 
On 28th July 46 Gardens coolies end 5 outside ones (these 
engaged a3 substitutes for the Gardens coolies) we~e sent to 
Thailand at the request of Kosei-ka. I had to do a great deal 
of work before these would prepare themselves to go to T aiinnd. 
In consequence of the large exodus of coolies to Thailand 
and also because of the increase in the coolie wages made by 
different Okabutais, firms, etc. in 3y onan, it has been found 
difficult to engage coolies for the Gardens at the usual Toku- 
betu-Si wage-scale, and it is feared that, if the wages of our 
coolies are not increased, more of our coolies will leave the 
Gardens, At present we h- Ve 6 vacancies excluding 46 vacancies 
created by the coolies who have left for Thailand. It is 
suggested therefore to give an increase tc the existing coolies, 
to m&ke them work on alternate Sundays, and to engage women 
ana old men for light wor&. 
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2. Labelling ana Indexing of Plants . 
The Label Printers made 40 new woolen labels and renewed 
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