I go on leave. He has :aylay and the administrative work to learn. 
3. :r. Flippanoe the Assistant Curator will arrive in Singapore at the 
end of this month, "being new to the country, he will learn all he 
can do in managing the Botanic larden( as distinguish from the Econ¬ 
omic Garden) and not be able to take over any extra duties when I go 
on leave. 
4. ir.Deshmukh the Field Assistant a Quite new and not yet in a position 
to take any outside executive duties. 
8. Therefore if we add to the ' r ork being- done in the Gardens, r. 
'athieu ( or at any rate some one extra) becomes a necessity, 
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9. If this proposal to grow more food crops in the Economic Garden, as 
not considered a sufficient cause lor my asking the retention of Hr. 
i 
■athieu’a services, proposals which I have for planting up an area 
outside the Economic Garden with fruit trees, using food crops as 
catch crops, will make me to do so, and I am now occupied in calcu¬ 
lations respecting this other projects ( file Garden 10766/18) that 
I may apply to Government for funds to be voted now and against 
next year 
