r 
, .1* 
( 2 , 000 — 7/20 ) 
(Misc. 56) 
It is requested ihai jhe lollowind 
number be quoted in the reply to 
this letter. 
No. 369/23 . 
Botanic (Saubens, Singapore, 
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 
. &st. '.. June .. , 192 2 . 
\9>j \& 
Sir, 
In continuation of my letter Ho*369/22 
dated 27th* March 1922 (Your file Gardens 4240/2X) I 
have the honour to submit to you an estimate from the 
Colonial Engineer of the cost of erecting quarters for 
the Assistant Curator Parks and to replace those to be 
surrendered to the Raffles Memorial College as follows:- 
I. 
Quarters for Assistant Curator Class V 
$15000 
2 . 
Malay Quarters Block 
I (6 persons) 
14515 
3. 
Malay Quarters w 
2 (3 • ) 
5660 
4. 
Tal^l Quarters " 
I (10 " ) 
4306 v 
&. 
Tamil Quarters * 
2 (30 " ) 
6648 ' 
6* 
Watchmens 1 Quarters 
(5 persons) 
2026 ■ 
7. 
Chinese Quarters 
(2 persons) 
880 ’ 
$49257 
i. Aid cost of excavation to give necessary 
area for each block $3158 
ii* Additional cost of excavation 
to provide 180000 cubic feet 
of earth for filling pond 
2842 
60 00 
$55257 
2, The quarters of the Assistant Curator 
Parks* item I were in the 1921 budget estimates but 
building was held up by my inability to get the Raffles 
fa 
Memorial College Committee to come to/decision where our 
mutual boundary/lie* The decision wa® reached on December 
30th. of laet year. The new estimate Bhows a considerable 
