4.- TSC0/07 
Hen.Col.Sec 
I.~ The £1860 contributed by the Governments of the Colony 
and of" Selangor and Perak in 1388 was 'Spent with approval of Govt. a§ 
per details annexed, I add a short hi story of the work up to- da be. 
8.- See Minute H.E. T0-I-99 Mi'.sc* 7438/98. 
3.- The Artist. receives 80 dollars a month.It would be most de¬ 
sirable that*, his employment should be continued, as has been pointed 
out the flora is undergoing much change and partly disappearing and it 
is very desirable that before* plant's become extinct’ drawings often 
should be preserved. There is also a suggestion that, -drawings of all th^ 
timber-.tree's and other plants of importance to forester's should be 
made with a view 6f publishing an illustrated Manual for the forest 
Department which is at present badly wanted, (after .the manner of 
Brandies Forest flora) .X hope this important work might be carried out 
It is by no means easy .to procure a‘good Botanical Artist and it 
would be impossible probably to procure one as excellent as D* Alwis 
were he to leave.The Garden's of Ceylon have employed .Artists (of the 
same family as D'Alwis) for’eighty four years,Vi z from T883 and al¬ 
though the flora of cevion has been completely known for some time 
find their ‘service's of the greatest value.Still mote important are the 
services of an -Artist here where so- little is known of a much vaster 
and more valuable (economically) flora.Figures too of pests and dis¬ 
ease's of' plants it-is of great importance to publish whenever possible 
for planters and other's to be able to recognize them. T would therefore 
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urge that.the Artist should be retained as -a permanent addition to the 
Departmental is done in most hardens of importance. - 
4.- The authority given Cardens 1606/06 Is quite clear.The hyped 
MSS together with, a sample of the 'style required was submitted to the 
Govt*Printing Office,and as .this Department was unable to execute.the 
work, i.t was requested .to‘get estimate of outside printers .The American 
Mission Pre^s estimate $8-65 a page was accepted in estimate A 
760 page's of printed matter would re suit from . the 900 typed one's, thi& 
has h<^ver been Slightly exceeded. 
(b) The sum of $663 mentioned was an Estimate of the Government 
Printer (87-4-07)for 860 pages,not 760. 
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