j.'jiAV.i-a.J.Ii'ia Ai'i-U P3RU»<A„. ALLGVAHOE 
( Item 13 of Summary) 
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The amount hiteherto aJbio^ed has only been sufficient to pay for 
the Director 1 o nuarterly visits to. the Penang Gardens, and the 
monthly allowance for a horse for the Director and a bicycle 
allowance for the Assistant Curator. Now that the Assistant 
j-’irector has arrived an increase of vote is necessary to permit 
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the Director and Assistant Director to undertake collecting tours 
which*have lately had to be dropped. 
It is necessary for the Director from time to time to undertake 
tours in the Mumouamfi surrounding countries to continue the 
investigations of their flora and to introduce new living speci¬ 
mens of beauty and economic importance to cultivation in general 
and to the Gardens collection in particular, 
The Assistant .Director is required to obtain in the field first 
hnnd information for his notes on fungi and their relation to 
their hosts which cannot be obtained only from^ a study of herbar 
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iun material. An instance may be given of the disease which has 
made its appearance in the rich camphor reserve at Kan chi ng TV 
and which ought to be studied and dealt with in situ. He will at 
tne same time be enabled to add generally to the collections for 
which he is responsible* 
Authorised 1920 $1780 
Increased 1921 
Total 1921 
1000 
2780 
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