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Houthiy Report for Kovefaber . 2605 . 
1* Dr, F ur tado 1 a re par t . 
C he* Nu r i*e -arranged 4702 sheets in ‘he Herbarium, incorporating 
the Hong Kong specimens of the corresponding plant-families , ruraely. 
Convolvuli ceae , Colon aceae , Scrophulariaceae , Crobaijcheceae, Leuti- 
bulariae and Gesneraceae, and wrote 125 herbarium Index Cards for the 
new genera formerly not represented in our herbarium* 
Hr. , Ch on Y ork Chye made 5 drawings of Calamus species and 3 of 
the vegetables. 
Che ? Kiah dried 410 specimens of edible weeds find inspected alcohol 
collections in 12 almelrahs, changing or adding alcohol where necessary. 
Jr* Fur to Jo named 76 specimens for Nipponese officers, looked 
after the general adrninis* at ion of the Gardens Department, assisted 
Dr. Watsnabe in his work on economic plants and in the development of 
the economic gardens at the Sultana. He also supplied info mot ion to 
different inquirers at the Gardens. 
1 m. the 
Pulau 3 rani 
company of Dr. '7a ‘ anabe , Dr. Fur tado and Che’ Hur visited 
on 15. 11.03 and named for + he Military authorities 10? 
species growing on the island. 
Che’ Hgadiman planted for the Military authorities 2) 7 seedlings 
of Hym en a e a courbnril (locust Tree), 6 CO seedlings of up/nla g^ond is, 
48? cuttings of - j t er oc opus in d i c us , 300 seedlings A lbTz z in mo luc c o nn . 
*n d seeds of t h e to 1 low ing species: rterocor uua 3 no i cue afeou 1 170(57 
Kuter olobi um sanan 1000. Casuarina euuiseti folia 2000 , Hun tin -la 
o a J. b u ra ” T k a ny o U&kura ) about 1000. It" is yet too early to report on 
the probability of the success in these plantings. 
Hr. A. j^apeCiicman typed 50 pages of Index Card catalogue of the 
Library, in addition to typing a Labourers’ List lor rice -allowance, 
receipts for books sold and for money given to temporary coolies work- 
ing at Tyorsail, paysheet lor the families of Thailand labourers, 
lists of Oil, Bran and Charcoal brought for the Gaz-dens* 3taff, and 
also many lists of information required from books by Nipponese visitors. 
Che* A bd ul vYahab continued with the usual office routine work. 
Some of hia work had to be done by M r ., A . r speckermnn because during 
this month he had the extraordinary work of preparing particulars 
for Labourers errjployment books, etc., required by the new Regulations 
made for labourers by the Tokubetu-Sl. He also devoted some time in 
order to obtain 37 tyres and 33 tubes for bicycles of 19 employ oca of 
the Gardens. As there are now no more Sugar end Rice Units in the 
Gardens, it is expected the* In future Che* Wahnb will be able to prepare 
lists concerning Oil, Bran and Charcoal requ irements . 
Owing * high/ wa;p:8 and better rice-rat 1 >ns offered by the 
different Military Departments, it is extremely difficult to engage 
labourers for our Department. In fact many of our labourers have left 
our Department to take up work elsewhere. At present only one coolie 
out of eight is remaining at the Hukit Tirnah Forest Reserves, and as 
he was also threatening to resign I have premised him a higher wage. 
Unless we promise higher wa -es for the Bukit Ti iah Forest Reserve 
patrol coolies, it ia feared tha- 5 - the vacancies in the staff will n^t 
be filled and that, ns a result, the "Reserve will deteriorate considerably 
due to unwarranted cutting down of trees. It must be understood that, 
owing to a vary high price offered for firewood in the market, the 
temptation to cut firewood in an unpatrolled forest may be irresistible 
to many a firewood dealer in the island. Che* Kyadlman .reports "hat he 
has already seen some Chinese who had come to carry avay dead firewood 
from the Reserves. 
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