305/22 
22c>t. Auguet / '% 2 
jut rrs’^r .it>Tr v O' 0 7 “T"!) T' T rx^C 
n-/’ ~tj—x T, r' , T'' virr T’S T Ciroofl 
I hav^ th<» honour to address you in 
continuation of the 
been suggested rill 
ct>.rv# j v»n v ( l or or* in f :i le 
refer*no- to ihtit file 
2113/22* It ha* 
that lend should 
be 
found in Singapore for the rev- rcar.o/ri g garden in preference 
to land at TaOek Glugcr in Province Wellesley; and kr* J. 
lornie hsiB done me tl?e kirdnest of suggesting thrrr are as that 
I might examine* the arr*> being {2} the Kallang Poresl reserve 
(2) the old Yao Ohu Kang forest reserve awl (3) the old 
# * 
Trafalgar 
?, The object of mi&geatirg land in Singa¬ 
pore ialand a® nreferable to lend in Province Tellealr»y i - I 
— «*H #A— f 
ti^erat^nd # ease of ad mi riot ration* This advantage is admitted; 
with it is view an enquiry was made by me in the year 19IB for 
locally available land but none that is really suitable was 
put before me. Then it was that I turned to the other Settle- 
ments* 
3. A second advantage in favour of Singapor 
is advertisement, It will oe far more effective to have a road 
frontage in Singapore than in Province Wellesley for the pur- 
pose of bringing results to the attention of the public* 
4* These two advantages (a) admini strati on 
and (b) advertisement may be considered as together eounlling 
