ECONOMIC GARDENS. 
yphe Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor, has 
considered the matters included in the terms cf reference set cut in 
the Cclcninl Secretary’s letter (Mo.12856/1920) and begs tc report as 
fellows:- 
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(1) The Economic Gardens form an important part cf the general 
area under the Director cf Gardens, and comprise practically the only 
land he has available for experimental work in reference tc economic 
trees, plants and fruits* 
(2) With the exception cf one cr two special trees in the 
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Rubber section, and cne'cr two plots on which experimental work is in 
progress, there is nothing cXMhlgh value in the Economic Gardens at 
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present, and the greater part of the area mifeht be diverted tc other 
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uses, without serious economic less, 
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(?)) If such dive sicn took place, however, without ccmpensaticii 
being provided by acquisition cf other lands the work dene by the 
Department which is under the Director cf Gardena would be seriously 
curtailed, and that work is cf importance at present and should be cf 
greater importance in the ^uture as part cf a system which is designed 
tc cover the whole cf the peninsula* 
(4) The Committee are strongly cf opinion that in view cf the 
expansion cf Singapore, the present area cf the Botanical Gardens, 
considered simply from the point cf view cf an open space, is much too 
small, and the extension cf the Gardens ever the area cf the Economic 
Gardens has been contemplated* We^ are convinced, however, that a much 
more advantageous extension c eul*be made by embracing in the Gardens 
area[ thw-whxle...-cx’j a part cf the Tyersall Estate. It should be possible 
tc.aeouire a part cf this estate immediately without serious disturbance 
cf existing interests, and ultimately the whole estate should be taken 
into- the Gardens area # fhis jjculd provide sufficient land for carrying 
on all the Economic experimental work now dealt with by the Director cf 
Gardens, and would result., in- certain valuable sanitary improvements in 
the proximity cf the Tanglin Barracks. As large building areas are- being 
mapped cut beyond Tanglin and the Tyersall Estate, 
it is most desirable 
that action to preserve the only s v it'M'T e 1 ; '; 
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