a decision is that until tho decision is reached the Public 
Works Department is tied in inaction as te 
I) the building of a house for the Assistant Curator 
Parks, 
2) the rebuilding of the Watchmen's lines 
3) the building of lines fer tamilsjbelng Items 19 and 23 
on page 127 ef the Estimates and 7 en p. 124, and alas / (4) as 
to the filling ef the Cluny Lake - a measure demanded by the 
Antimalarial Committee, the second reason is that iqy JQQQQOOm 
preparations have to he made te transfer the werk ef the 
economic garden elsewhere, and it is desirable that I should 
know what trees in the Gardens can be sawed, 
fis si r e a so n urgent.because (l) the AsslsMt Curator, Parks, 
has only be - aecuMala bo * her© by the kindness ef a married 
staff 
officer bn the MtAM who took him into his house, that the 
watchmens* eld lines awe insanitary, that our are 
such as the Government would net tolerate on an estate, and 
that the antimalarial Officers ..are pressing fer something to 
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be done in regard to the Cluny Lake, 
I hare the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Youj^ obedient Servant, 
Director of Gardens 
The Honourable the 
Colonial Secretary 
p«/ j} 
Singapore 
