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SYOLAN BOTANICAL GARDENS. 
Monthly Report Xbr November. 2.605* 
1. Dr, Fertado*s report . 
Che* Nur re-arranged 4702 sheets In the Herbarium, incorporating 
the Hong Kong specimens or the corresponding plant-families, namely, 
Convolvulaaeae , Solanace&e, Serophuiariaceae , Orobaiiehaeeae, Lenti- 
bulariae artd Gesneraceae, and wrote 125 herbarium Index Cards for the 
new genera formerly not represented in our herbarium. 
Mr. C u an York Chye made 5 drawings of Calamus species and 3 of 
the vegetables. 
Che * Kiah dried 400 specimens of edible weeds and inspected alcohol 
collections in 12 almeirahs, changing or adding alcohol where necessary. 
Dr. Fur t a do named 76 specimens for Nipponese officers, looked 
after the general administration of the Cardens Department, assisted 
Dr. Wotanabe in his work on economic plants mid in the development of 
the economic gardens at the Sultana. He also supplied Information to 
different inquirers at the Cardens. 
In the company of Dr. Wat an aba, Dr. Furtado and Che r Nur visited 
:> uleu Brani on 15. 11.03 and named for the Military authorities 107 
species growing on the island. 
Che 1 N gad Iran planted for the Military authorities 207 seedlings 
of Hynenaea courbari l (Locust Tree), 650 seedlings of jKu rro n i a gran d ie, 
487 cuttings of Fter oc aroua indicua , 300 seedlings Albizzl'a rnolucoana , 
and seeds of the following species: Ftcrocarpus indie us about 1700, 
■aintero lobium saman 1000, Casuarina equisetifolia 2000, l.funtlngia 
calbbura (Sanyo Sakura) about 1000. It is yet too early to report on 
the probability of the success in these plantings. 
Mr# A. Lspeckerman typed 30 pages of Index Card catalogue of the 
Library, in addition to typing a Labourers 1 List for rice-allowance , 
receipts for books 3old and for money given to temporary coolies work- 
ing at Tyersall, paysheet for th* families of Thailand labourers, 
lists of Oil, Bran and Charcoal brought for the Gardens* staff, and 
also many lists of information required from books by Nipponese visitors. 
Che* Abdul Wahab continued with the usual office routine work. 
Some of his work had to be done by Hr. A. Kspeckernan because during 
this month he had the extraordinary work of preparing particulars 
for Labourers employment books, etc., required by the new Regulations 
made for labourers by the Toicubetu-Si . He also devoted some lime in 
order to obtain 37 tyres and 33 tubes for bicycles of 19 employees of 
the Cardens. As there are now no more Sugar and Rice Units in the 
Gardens, it is expected that in future Che T Wahab will be able to prepare 
lists concerning Oil, Bran and Chare oel requirements. 
Owing to high/ wages and better rice-rat i >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 Bukit Timah Forest Reserves, and as 
he was also threatening to resign I have promised him a higher wage. 
Unless we promise higher wages for the Bukit Timah Forest Reserve 
patrol coolies, it is feared that the vacancies In the staff will not 
be filled and that, as a result, the Reserve will deteriorate considerably 
due to unwarranted cutting down of trees. It must be understood that, 
owing to a very 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 island. * Che* Ngadir.an reporta that he 
has already seen some Chinese who had come to carry away dead firewood 
from the Reserves. 
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