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Director of Gardens is in Singapore* 
3* It is better that the department responsible for 
the regulations should administer them. In Singapore, h©w« 
ever, there Is no Agricultural Officer and the assistance of 
an officer from the Gardena may ’oe necessary, 
9. 1 think I have shown that the question of plant ; 
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importation has not been thrashed out, and that at present 
there is considerable saisooneeption by the Director of Gatdemj 
and Uriuer Secretary on the subject of the policy advocated by 
the Department, What is required is*. 
(I) A definite policy regarding the importation of 
plants into the Peninsula as a whole, 
(2) A complete scheme of procedure for ©errying out 
this policy inciting detail of all action to be tahen, fhis 
is why the subject is described ©e * , big < */ 
XO« X consider that a memorandum on the two heads in j 
W par a; 9 above should be prepared and that in the meantime 
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ucticn should be .■u s pe nds-l, i have disc ased tbe subject wi th 
the Ideologist and the Government Entomologist and am pre¬ 
pared to draft a memorandum In consultation with them. The 
Hemorandun can oe referred to the director of Gardens is 
Government desires his opinion. Information from the Customs 
department regarding the fruits^ vegetables and other plant, 
now imported is desirable for the preparation of the memorar 
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referred to # I hope to obtain this for the Federated Malay f 
States in a few days* 
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