5tk. Dec. 1^22, ' 
Kefersjbce to Vn ofti fcial ^emb ers of ao uggiI> 
Transfer of th# T*c. udno to a new site. Pleaee s ea minute of the 
aeo, for Agric, II.IJ.22, and letter from D. of (*. 2?.It.22, 
fhare Beems to be no alternative but to a candor the rcoromic 
side of the b.s. v*&rdns and trust to the jr.M.s. Dept of Agric. 
taking up the question of improvement of fnil t tre<*« as soon as its 
finances permit. I certainly think that it is a ratter for uovt. 
and that not tn adch car be expeated from private enterprise. 
As tb the abandonment of the office of Director of wardens 
*'Owever, i s v ou!d like to withdraw the last sentence of Tty minute 
of 32,P.22, I had overlooked the point referred to by Mr hfevnes in 
pa-’a TO of his minute of TI # TT.22. i understand t v e AgrJ c. Dept, 
W # I4.S. does net cover t v e nurely scientific side of 9otary and it 
ear never really pronerly do so. Directors of ^arde^s S.2. in t v p” 
past htp wen for Singapore a preeminent position in the 9ota"*oal 
world and in my view it would/be s^a^eful to surrender t v ir merely 
for the sal e of saving a sum of money Wj qV represents a vary smaU 
percentage of the total expenditure of t v e Colony. I agree to 
leaving the voo^^o ride to the Stiff.6, but urge that the scientific 
side should be maintained by the btraits. 1 trust dMeeisior as to 
the continuance of the ->ost of Director of u&rders after Mr Burkill 1 © 
retirement will not be taken without furt v er r~foresee to Mr official 
Members. "M.K. II. 12.22. 
I am averse to any change from t v -e predent system, Our hardens nrM 
the men who made them are ore of the few things of which we may 
be justly proud. The amount which this (rovt. spends on science, 
compared with neighbouring uovts who can less afford, it, is shame¬ 
fully sinaio. Mr Coon Guards re command a ti o n is rank vandalism and jtt 
is pitiful to see the way in which a drab commercialism is being 
permitted to overcast everythin g. The ir.a.S. require their own 
Director of Agric. ana we require our own d, of G, ana if their 
lines of research should overlap, there is no harm in competition. 
Economic uard eng. i do not think it is possible to select 
e more unsiutaole or more inaccessible site for the college and 
future UniV:-rsi ty than these. If it is our intention to produce 
cloistered monks let me suggest Hulcit Tahan. but if we wart to keep 
pace with the times and. to tur~ out men w v o car earn a living the 
rosition of a twentieth century university should be in the heart 
of arcdfcx the town or as it r-s no^si b&e. I do not hesitate to 
sey that a college built (?n t v e site of the ^COnoTTic tiarden© will 
in ten years t^me be a wM te elenhant. 
D.«J. Mali ©way I". 12.22, 
T have rotting further to add. I consider t v at ^e should gradually 
a collar the ^c.Gdms as previously suggested bv Mr Lee Choon Guar. 
C.n 13.12.22. 
The sciertitle side of notary should i think certainly be continue 
dit it seems to m that one j/i rector for the b'.M.S. am the Co lory 
should be sufficient. V.G. 14.12.22. 
