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iao nthly .^.: nort for ,*um ust, 2607, 
1, fr. Hurtado’s report 
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H erbarium . Qhe f fur* ru-arvanged 474 "• eoeci ens In the 
general h<. rhp ri. urn and inoornar-fited into It 9 16 specimen- from 
the Hong K^ng herbarium. 
C he * Kish dried 2* spud ens for the Herbarium. 
About 6n Rnari ^ens wore identified for Nipooneae official;- , 
■ ■ >f vhioh ,f t ;e weeds used as vegetables. air. York Ohye* 
Ghe T d uraimi end Che 1 3a luri, made 74 copies of drawings of 
vegeto le plants *• -d 3f orl g Inal dr , a ; xngs of fresh specimens. 
Lib rary . 7r. . :mpeelc j-man * ae officially a mooted ns 
a temporary typist from 12th August and was busy in making a 
tp m? ? list of the card index of the books according to the 
aut ; ors. 
? LI ocellar eaua . Che * Kiah spent u week in '"en.ong and 
b 'oght i r the Gy or an Jotar.ic Gar. lea a living specimens arid e< : ode 
of economic plants uhic' he was specially inntruat.e* to collect. 
to . • • ‘ ■ is roun I the 
mx t of whom were interested in medic ,.. a i ml timber 
trees. 
.A bar$e& wire fence was put round the Gardena Coolie 
i.ines mi th the view to control of thieves and un. /anted visitors 
to triv lines. 
Two thieves were arrested tv our watchmen, one in the 
act ). smuggling out a number of goods iron thixTlco College 
grounds, and the other thief on suspicion t . ,.-i i he we s responsible 
for stealing clothl-ig belonging t is coolies who had gone 
to Thailand. The first thief was given into trie custody*' of the 
soldiery at Rcffl-er College; the second thief was ha Rled over to 
■the Orchard Road 'bit'.. :■*■..• u f >r further enquiry. 
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A list of the common poisonous plants from Burma and Assam 
wan prepared and given over to Military Nipponese of ficials. 
- uring the first two weeks of the month Che’ Bur and I 
were busy in distributing b t ion cards 4 o the myopic, in explain- 
ing the new procedure concerning the rations., and in helping 
person. • in the area around the >ardean to correct defects which 
would. h&ve prevented them from obtaining t.heir rations. 
2 . Laht.rlj.ijig l Indexing of flan t s . 
'■ n 1 y on 3 Labe 1 -o p i n 4 & r wa 3 erapl >ye d dir 1 1 n g th e • non t h 
f^ajuri bin Jaypan); he spent part of his time in copying, draw- 
ings of vegetable plants, and so few labels w re ia!e. 16 new 
lob l I s were painted and 10 old once ce-oainted. 15 hanging 
a 1 urn j n i un lab els 
^ wore cade. 7 ) new Japanese iabels ware written 
by ir. Kudo and placed in the Gardens. 30 new aign-boarde for 
Rukit ?1 iah Forest Reserve were prepared with white point. 
Mr. Lange continued his revini in of the plans of the trees 
and shrubs planted in the lardena and of the index ea *&o refer- 
ring to t h*e plants, nawns P, R and J were checked and the cards 
numbered accoruing to the pinna. Cards were mode for all the 
memorial trees, and details in Japanese entered by . r. Juuo . 
