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I am inclined to thinfc that the resignation of Mr.B.E. 
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Adamson from the Gardens Committee is an appropriate time 
tr consider the constitution and the duties expected from the 
Gardena Committee appointed under the Raffles Societies 
Ordinance of 1878. 
2 . 
It is laid down in Section 3 of that Ordinance that tl.e 
Botanical Gardens shall be managed as a Government establish¬ 
ment by a Committee to be from time to time appointed by the 
Governor for that purpose,and in section 4 it is also provided 
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that such sums as may from time to time be voted by the 
Legislative Council(to wit the estimates)together with any sums 
received from donations and subscriptions shall be administered 
by the said committee and subject to such rules and regulations 
as the Governor may from time tr time prescribe for the conduct 
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of the business of the committee and for the duties of the 
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officers employed. 
3 . As far as I can judge from the ordinance the Gardens 
Committee has tl.e management and the control of the expenditure 
of the ^ctanioal gardens,but from What \ can gather t although 
Bye-laws have been passed by the Committee under section 7, 
&c rules and regulations for the guidance of the Committee 
pave been made under Section 4. 
4 . Complaints have recently arisen as to. the management 
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rf tl'.e Botanical Gardens in Singapore and it aaasts tr me 
that these complaints if they are true not only reflect on 
tl.e Director of gardens but also on the Gardens committee 
arrointed under tl.e Ordinance already quoted. 
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