and X lofck upon the Government 6 postponement of an answer 
to ny request as the result of w^/want of knowledge of the jj 
u ardens # to (the Secretariat? , . ^ y 
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^3 There ia another bui Iding ^ ttart will almost certainly be 
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in the way of the College, namely the subordinates line* 
The rebuilding of this will,d>e £b>l ee € , have to be faced; * 
and^ in re-building^ the qwawtsrrr shoulu be " wad e - - Ittrg^r so 
as to accomodate the new ^boratory suiatant and the 
new ^useum Assistant, and an Overseer as well. 
As I have pointed out elsewhere the Economic ^arden 
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besides housing our officers and labour, consists of an 
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experimental ground and ^ of an Arboretum of eaomomic trees 
planted in grass. This latter is virtually an extension of 
the Botanic M rden; and so much so that in my report 
upon the complete utilisation of the Economic arden 1 
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^ suggested that it be roaded just as the Botanic arden i®- 
/UjtJ u% £u* c-f.lin /Lul. ^ b-tjv~*4L. //; y ^ 
a Bu s h 4 - A view^I put be^fe thW=“ Committee which His Excellency 
appointed last year^ to report • on the Economic harden as 
suitable for building sites, and aim I represented to them 
that (greater Singapore would need a greater area to Dlay in 
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than there is in the Botanic arden. The Committee adopted 
my view and recommended that whereas the Sconomic ^arden 
land might well be used for building, the u ard#ns on its 
loss should be compensated by an extension on another side. 
(wvcu) U^Vua 
This extension 
sefve to hold the economic 
fit/'t 
trees which will be lost to the Garden on the loss of the 
present site. 
f 
ST The services and investigations: in prdogress in the 
a djf- txz*. fins* uJ" kk ^A. f 
Economic arden new are:- 
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ay the supply to the Public of garden stock. On the 
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certain trees which supply the 
seeds and cuttings ifpr this seevioe will be lost, and the 
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service/ interrupted f for instance, the “arders will be unable 
to send out any Brawllnwt seedlings, «d- Brasil cheery seedlings 
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