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GOVERNMENT OF THE 
COLONY OF SINGAPORE 
ft is requested that the 
following number be quoted in tha 
reply to this letter. 
No. ..EL. o.£ .3*.3.5/1953 
OFFICE OF 
..Jfotanifi... Gardens,. 
Si ngapore* 10 
. j£th-.Q.atofeer.. 19 .5 k...... 
Dear Sir, 
I intend to go on a collecting trip to Kuala 
Trengganu for about three weeks leaving Singapore by boat 
about the beginning of November. I shall be bringing one 
plant collector from the Botanic Gardens with me* 
X should be glad if you would inform the Singapore 
Government and sanction this trip* 
I should like to have an advance of |>800 against 
travelling expenses from the vote 1954 Estimates Collection 
of Botanical Specimens ? 
I would be grateful if you would sanction the hire 
of a car at Trengganu which I shall drive myself for the 
period of stay there** 
X have the honour to be 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant. 
Curator of the Herbarium, 
Singapre* 
The Director, 
Botanic Gardens, 
Singapore* 
B 
