Government Secretary*a Office 
9 
V 
British Guiana Ho,1231 
Georgetown, Demerara 
21st. October 1914 
Sir, 
With reference to mj letter No*1231 of the 24th 
August last and to previous correspondence on the 
subject of the supplies of Para Rubber seeds received 
from the Botanic Gardens,Singapore,during the early 
Bonth of the current financial year,I aft directed to 
infora you that the Director of Science and Agricnl, 
reports that he finds in a * Departmental Nctice"ln 
the Gardens Bulletin,straits settlements,dated June 
2Ctluthe following notice:- 11 Seeds of HilSI brasiliensfe 
Para rubbers available from little tapped trees,twenty 
eight years old to be sold at fifty cents per hundred 11 , 
a rate which the Government Botanist states to be 
equal to $2-20 per thousand, 
2, X an to point out that this Government was 
charged at double this rate,and hence the monetary loss 
occasioned by over 1CC,CC0 seeds having been sent in 
the early part of the year instead of,as laid down in 
the standing order,during the latter part,amounts to 
au least £380 9 
I have etc 
sd//-C.Clement 
The Ron,The Colonial secretary 
Straits settlements. 
