the Gardens* 
3* There ie another building which on the other hard will 
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almost certainly he in the way of the College, namely the 
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subordinates' lines. 
The rebuilding of thin will if no, hare to be faced; and, in 
re-building, the line should be more extensive no as to 
accomodate the new Laboratory Assistant and the new Museum 
Assistant, and an Overseer as well* 
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4 # As 1 have pointed out elsewhere the Economic Garden 
besides (l) housing our offioers and labour, consists (2) of 
an experimental ground and (3) of an Arboretum of economic 
trees planted in grass. The latter is virtually an extemsion 
of the Botanic Garden; and so much so that in my report upon 
the complete utilisation of the Economic Garden X suggested 
that it be roaded Just as the Botanic Garden is. That, it is an 
extension of the Botanic Garden is a view which I put before 
the Committee which His Excellency appointed last year, to 
report on the Economic Garden as suitable for building sites, 
and I represented to them that Greater Singapore would need a 
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greater area to breath in thah there is in the Botenic Garden, 
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The Committee adopted jry view and recommended that whereas 
the Economic Garden as land might be used for building, the 
Gardens on its loss should be convene ated by an extension on 
another side* This extension would naturally serve to hold the 
economic trees which will be lost to the Garden on the loss of 
the present site* 
5, The services and investigations in progrese in the 
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Economic Garden at the present time are:* 
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a) the supply to the Public of garden stock* On the loss of 
the Economic SMBtt Garden certain trees which supply the seeds 
and cuttings for this service will be lost, and the servioe as 
regards them interrupted, for instance, the Gardens will be 
unable to send out Brazilnut seedlings, and Brazil cheery 
seedlings and Cola seedlings and Tonquin bean seedlings, etc, 
for a period of years. Against this break I have been able to 
make some provision by planting a few new trees during the 
