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October 12, 1940 
Dr. R. e. Holttum 1’°' '4' & l' 4 ' 5 
Director of Gardens 
Botanic Gardens 
Singapore, ^traits Settlements 
Dear Dr. Holttum: 
I acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 
3, 1940, with data on monthly mean temperatures for 
Singapore for the’year 1931-1938, and wish to thank 
you for sending this to me. in this connection it 
is of interest to note the uniformity, more or less, 
of your mean monthly temperature. 
In compliance with your request, we are pack¬ 
ing to-day all your Derris specimens and will return 
them to you as soon as packed. You will be duly ad¬ 
vised when they leave Manila. They will be insured 
as per your suggestion but you need not bother about 
the cost of insurance as we will take care of that. 
Very sincerely, 
Chief, 
Museum Division 
