* 
you no. 87/20 of 27th.Aug.,192 u , using the orange, and the 
part 
retained XK9HK of the yellow area, subject to ©one slight 
rectification of the boundaries between the red and the 
yellow arc & c. Thi 0 increas© invelves the bui1ding 0 f 
quarters within the pink arcs, for an officer who will 
take charge cf the intenser operation# contemplated* 
g, Please note that this is 
ut il 1 sat i on* S oh er e r» in the pp et 
with cbjccte involving colcul&tiora 
object, and not centomniating cornu 
t scheme of complete 
there have been, schemes 
of costs, based or the 
lately utilising the ground 
0 o that parte of the harden have remained uncared for. 
The time hap now come when there should be no uncared for 
ground 'within Municipal limits, 
j i{ t the cost in the Memorandum is worked out upon the 
assumption that the coolie 1 © wage will be 65 cents per 
# 
diem. The General Labour Committee i~ their recent repoet, said 
that an estate labourer's wage should be equivalent to the cost Of 
a gfcntang of rlcej and X believe that a. gantang ol rice is cxpectt-c* 
to cone down to about 65 cents next year. You will observe that 
after an initial expenditure of #105,520 maintenance is set down 
4 
at $ 36 , 56 ^. At the present time the Economic Garden is cost- 
f 
ing about one half of that, the difference being chiefly in the 
labour bill. Wages are above my figure; and labour is in deficit 
, i ' 
of what was aimed at when the last budget was drawn up. 
The cost would be a little reduced if Mr Haniff, now 
Held-Assistant in Penang, should be appointed to the control of 
the Economic Garden work in the piece of the suggested European 
officer; but should he be appointed I must 4tn justice to rim 
ask for some concession to him. With that matter I need not 
further burden this letter. 
4. Til© Gardens Committee wish me to make two state¬ 
ments; that the fruit work will be essentially commercial 
before it is experimental, i.e. that fruit trees will be put on 
