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M58IORANDUN UPON THE DIRECTOR OP GARDENS’ 
PROPOSALS FOR THE EXISTING 
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On 2.II.30 tile Colonial Engineer called upon me for a report 
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upon the Director of Gardena* proposals as formulated in his letter 
of the Ilth, October and although it is unsatisfactory to oppose the 
proposals of another department X feel I must register a protest 
against the scheme as suggested by him. 
In the first place the high ground in the Economic Gardens 
which is of approximately 50 to 55 acres in extent forms one of the 
finest undeveloped building site that there is in the whole of the 
Tanglin area. 
The Collector of Land Revenue has informed me that recent 
sales of building land in this area have taken place at 30 - 40 cent3 
per square foot, assuming the lower figure this makes the value of this 
portion of the Gardena which the Director of Gardens wishes to 
perpetuate for problematic economic purposes at #660,000 to #720,000, 
I suggest that there are many other areas in Singapore which : 
ar* not suitable as building sites and which will mor* efficiently 
fulfil the requirements of the Director of Gardens as areas for 
Economic Experiments and which can be obtained at a tythe of the above 
cost, even if Government have not already land in their possession 
suitable for this purpose. 
His Excellency the Governor has expressed his intention of 
constructing quarters for the Senior Government Officials which shall be 
more fitting as their official residencies than the existing buildings 
now occupied by them. 
The principal difficulty in the erection of such residencies 
finding 
is the MUTMg of suitable sites for same within reasonable distance of 
town and in the Residential area; but this difficulty will be overcome 
if the high ground of the Economic Gardens is reserved for this purpose. 
Summarizing the construction of such houses which will short¬ 
ly be before Government they appear to be as follows:- 
1, Official Residence for Chief Justice, #178000 provided in 
1921 Estimates 
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2, Suggested Official Residence for H,E, the G # 0, C, Similiar 
