Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 
15 th September 1 925• 
Asks that a request be made for the transferor 
8 .M.S.Museums Herbarium to SingaporeT" 
. 
Sir, 
I have the honour to request that you will communicate 
with the F.M.S. Government with regard to the Herbarium of the 
F.M.S. Museums. 
2 . This Herbarium contains very valuable collections made 
by Mr.L.Wray, some of which are unrepresented in the Gardens 
Herbarium, more recent collections made by Mr.Ridley of which 
we have no duplicates, all Mr.Henderson*s Collections, and some 
other material. 
5. Mr. Henderson is now working in the Garden's Herbarium, 
and it would greatly assist and add to the accuracy of hid 
work, as well as adding to the usefulness of the herbarium, 
if the collections from Kuala Lumpur could be incorporated with 
ours. The Results of Mr.Henderson's work and any other work 
done in this Herbarium are not purely matters of local interest 
but will be of benefit generally, as additions to our 
knowledge of the Malayan Flora. 
4. When Mr.Henderson left Kuala Lumpur it was decided to 
ler the appointment of a botanist there lapse; the Museums 
Herbarium is therefore now unused, and has no prospect of being 
used, whereas in Singapore it would be of considerable value. 
5. It was part of the recommendations of the Committee 
which reported on botanical work in the Malay Peninsula that 
the two herbaria should be united. (Malayan 9036/21) Though 
there may be no prospect of an early adoption of the other 
recommendations of that Committee, there is surely no reason 
why the present proposal should not be approved. 
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No.583/25. 
