(12) Cassia tora 2 long beds 
(19) Sesbanea Sesban 2 long beds 
(20) Arachis hypogaea 3 long beds 
(21) lithonia diversifolia about 450 plants 
(22) Orthos i ohon s tami ne us about 800 plants 
(23) Tinospora cordifolia 72 plant3 
There are still a large number of beds re&oy t or receiving plants 
which are being propagated in the potting yaru or elsewhere* 
Owing to the shortage of labour the original plan of keeping 
together plants of the same natural order or haying the same or similar 
uses has been provisionally abandoned and plantings are done in 
places where they can be easily tended at present* 
( L 8 b our 
The rapid increase in the planting in the Sultana is creating 
a serious problem as to its maintenance* necessitating the.».eoy the 
transference of the permanent labour from the Botanic Gardens to 
the Economic Gardens* and if facilities are not forthcoming to 
recruit more coolies under more favourable conditions* the tine will 
soon come when many cf the areas in the Botanic <rardenu wixl lave to 
be allowed to be weedy and unsightly in order to transfer the needed 
labour to the Economic Gardens. 
Further the present policy of giving special recommendation and 
orivilegea to the workers in the Economic Gardens will have to be 
reconsidered as it is likely to create serious troubles in the general 
labour force. The transference of the labourers to the Economic 
Gardens has now been made* not according to their special abilities, 
but according to the uresent needs of the Economic Gardens* in future 
as the plantings extend and the labour force also increases, men of 
di f f erent abilities may be needed* The fact tiiat some persons have 
now shown proficiency in the particular work entrusted to them does 
not mean that they are better and abler than all the others in the 
Department. Hence in recommending promotion the labour force of the 
entire Department should be considered as a whole and not of the 
Economic Gardens alone. 
Failure to look to this aspect may cause the claims of the ablest 
and the best men deserving of promotion to be overlooked* and may create 
serious difficulties in the near future. It must be remembered that 
the Department is running short of labourers and that there is already 
discontent among them due to their low wages and low rice rations. 
In view of the facts that the labourers in the different Butai3 in the 
neighbourhood of the Gardens receive better rice-rations and better 
wages and shorter hours of work and that the Gardens Department pay 
better wages to the temporary labourers, the coolies are likely to 
imagine that their superiors do not care for them* or do not try 
remove their grievances* Hcr.ce one has to be careful not t,o take 
any action which will aggravate the matter. 
Some time back, for instance, when the wages were readjusted 
according to the new regulations, many coolies came in numbers to 
eomple in against what they considered the disparity in the readjustment* 
and some went so far as to tender their resignations. Some 
irresr>onsible and senseless talks may have also contributed to bring 
about this antagonistic attitude among the coolies. If measures were 
not taken immediately to prevent the extension of this tense state 
of affairs* we might have had serious difficulties with out* labour force 
To pacify the eonlies it was also necessary for Mr. Oshima to speak 
to them and. to explain to them what the Department has been doing in 
