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in favour of in favour of 
-Sisssaa™- M*JA J^jgor^.„ 
Contiguity to the Contiguity to the forest 
(planned) university Department 
College 
My position on the 
high road* 
Contiguity to the Agric¬ 
ultural Department* 
perhaps with the advantage falling to Kuala Lumpor." 
It ie perfectly evident that the Straits Settlements 
pobbibly 
with an area of about 1,500 MMMMH square miles, vannot yMMMiniiina^ 
have the same botanical interest in a matter of this sort ae the 
Federated Malay States with an area of about 28,000 square miles 
or ae a territory of almost double that extent, if, as I hppe 
Kuala Lumpor becomes the centre of research for the whole Malay 
Peninsula* It is probable that the great bulk of the material in 
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Singapore herbarium is from the Federated Malay States, but in 
any case there is, as stated on page 19 of the first annual report 
of the Colonial Research Committee "little scope for the develop¬ 
ment of research in the Straits Settlements"* and any objection 
to the trnsfer of the botanical staff and herbarium from Singapore 
to Kuala Lumpor would, as Mr* Bernard says "be founded principally 
on sentiment and could not be logically suonorted"* 
I understand that it has now been decided to 
abolish the Economic Gardens in Singapore; consequently Mr* 
Burkill f s main objection to my proposals falls to the ground. I 
have recently discAseed the matter with him and I believe he would 
no longer oppose the transfer of himself and the Singapore herba¬ 
rium to Kuala Lumpor if suitable arrangements can be made for the 
continuation of his economic work* He has asked for a piece of the 
Tassek Glugor Forest Reserve, in Provihce Wellesley, and I have no 
doubt that he can have it; but, for reasons which will appear wifwM 
latter, it would probably be more convenient to choose a site 
within easy reach of the Agricultural Department* 
Bearing then in mind that the Singapore herbarium 
needs be rehoused, that Mr* BurkilX retires in about four years 
SMk and that the Singapore economic gardens are to be 
abandoned I suggest - 
