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lierooriup, . Oil©* hlSh inspected c»et of the bottle* and tubes fron 
the n Or it coll ce fcions y refilling til© bettlen with aleoliol or cicohol- 
formalin as necessary, end re-waxing and removing the corks ©here 
required. 
Eo collected 400 specimens of about 20 different kinds of weeds used 
as vegetables, Thee# are being dried at present. 
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oiie* liur rearranged 6,290 specimens in the general herbarium 
incorporating in it tho specimens' of the Hoag kong Herbarium of the 
eorresponding fooUies, namely, A^ocynaceae, Asoiepeoiaoes*, ioganiaceac, 
Oontianaceae, Boraglnaeeae as. c onvol vulacoae. 
Mr, Furtado identified over 30 specimens of edible ©cede collected 
for the purpose of showing them to .tuittijjr Students, _ ue hud also to 
attend to various inquiries made by kippon-sin concerning plants of 
neiiicinal or eoo oriio importance, and elso to au ply to then the 
required information (or literature) about their analyses, Heny 
inquiries ©ere received also concerning plants poiBo:K>ue to men and 
livestock. 
HlBoollnneous. Mr, Purtodo visited Johore in the o mpany of 
Prof. ' Morions and. liapi. liaohiys, the visit being in eonnectiem ,/i th 
the study of medicinal and poisonous plants, Gone office rs ©ero taken 
round the Gardena to show then the different poisonous anti laedioiiial 
plants in the Gardens, 
it ©as s groat relief to the coolies tiiat the Deportment erraoged 
for the oil distribution depoi tmen tally thereby easing tho coolies a 
good deal of time and trouble. 
It is rather difficult to recruit coolies at the existing rates, 
anu further oorapllcations hev© arisen boeauao certain doparbiunte offer 
the coolioe not only higher wages hat also higher rice rations. In 
Vio® of this it is highly desirable tiiat the status of many of our 
coolies as a labourer on light work should be reconsidered. 
Ur, Gspockensan typed 30 pages of the librae Oataloguo, and 35 
pages of poisonous and medicinal plants. He also assisted tr* A, ©aiiau 
in collecting the coolioe* ration cards end nuking their list for 
departmental use. 
Mr, York uhye prepared h drawings of rattan and about 10 urawings 
of vegetables, 
Mr, Furtado also assisted in teaching A.il.i 1 , duties to the people 
in tho Gardena Emnpong and those living in the neighbourhood. 
i:r. Holttum cot- pi ( t®d hie study of the s taler terrestrial orchids 
and began to ©rite un hie notes on this group (about 90 spec ies. * * l ® 
beeon « revision of e®:» of the groups examined at the beginning of the 
present work, which were not treated with sufficient thoroughness* 
When this is completed a full revision of all Peninsular Orchids mil 
have been node. * A few nore drawings were ta»de during tm monta. 
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Jr, Corner e »ntinued his research* s on Malaya", fungi and oonpletsd 
a large number off microscopical lirawings. lie also assisted If. foiuba 
in hie studies of Malayan plants, in the collection of seeds and 
planting material and in the control of tho Forest Reserves under the 
Botanical Garden. 
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