It is interesting that the ditches of the drive are within the 
shade trees instead of outside them. Meanwhile( I want to know 
the date) the State of Johore had bought the present property 
and had ^ commenced to build tyersal (again I want to know 
the date) 
Other Napier property passed out of Kapler* s hands; he sold 
whereon 
the are* is my house to the Agri- 
Horticultural Society, and the Gallop road area went to some- 
one else - I thought it was Burkinshaw but that is not possible; 
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we oall him A.- Datoh Mohamed may 'remember his name. 
In 1875 Murton was appointed Superintendent and 'began to collet 1 
interesting trees! among others he got Casuarina Suraatx’ana from 
Buitanzorg. That/S this rare tree occurs in the TyersalX grounds 
of the same age as the Gardens trees^ suggests that I&arton was 
called in to help to lay out the grounds - but this I do not 
know* 
The Tyersal ponds were obviously made in imitation of the 
(C* OM Gardens* lake, down to the islet with p and ans; but (? later) 
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^OjlaaA the vtfMO one made was cut into two. 
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The conformation of the banks before the draining of 19 21 
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shows that they had a roadway roun<f them. 
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During ths work of draining.the survey showed that the culvett 
from the Tyersal ponds to the Gardens had been made in two tBtMSJ 
parts, there was the part made by Government with a fair fall 
on it and the tyersal part with scarcely any fall, they joined 
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in the old sump, I suspect that the hollow had been deepened at 1 
the lower end in making the ponds for the sake of earth wanted 
■ close by and that is why so little fall could be allowed on 
tue, 
the culvert, Walter Fox came out in 1878 and A’s J 
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la rd was all belukar and the belukar extended into the Tyersal 
property, Burkinshaw (I understand) now bought A*e prgperty^^ 
proceeded to cut a rentis along what he regarded on his borders, 
but His Highness the Sultan disagreed and had another rentis 
cut. Thereon Government found itself interested and there was 
a triangular conference ending in a five and take of land and 
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