Botanic hardens, 
, Singapore, 
t 
31et. «ay, 1919 
Dear Sherwood, 
I hare had all the . tap-able rubber trees 
at Govt* House marked. They f , are 578, They will yield 
eay 400-450 lbe of rubber in the firflt year. 
Without special orders I shall have to pay the 
money received from rubber into the Treasury: therefore 
there ic only one way of doing good for tne domain 
in letting out the tapping, namely to eo arrange the 
lease that the lessee keeps the ground clean, 
A chinaman who came the other day said that he 
could get no pro^t unless he had a fire years lease, 
ftpw a five yeans lease will bind H.E,*e successor, and 
so is undesirable. You have not told me what the 
chlnaman who saw you would want. 
I am trying to lease the Economic Gardens 1 trees 
for tapping by six month® at a ar * A * hVHviV +v»a* i 
shall succeeds but the yield 
which will be gob at Govt. House; and there are &aeil »* » 
facilities on the spot* in buildings and cups, 
I have little hope od a six months lease for Govt, 
house; but can try on the following terms;- 
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Lessee to clean weed the ground 
lessee to carry off the latex and coagulate in his 
own premises outside 
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Lessee only to enter from the Tramway stables and 
not to allow his men to pass into the grounds beyond 
the trees v - * 
Lessee to tap o$Ly once a day and over a limited 
area of the bark as defined, and to be under penalty 
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for damage to the trees. 
Tell me what you thihfe. My own opinion is that the 
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planting of revenue trees| ia a Governor’s grounds was 
