HLH. 
FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
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Telegraphic address: "UTAN" 
Telephone No.: 2946. 
In reply please quote 
addressing by official designation 
and not by name. 
Kuala Lumpur F.M.S. 
...2.1at Octo her, 1935- 
F 3T m 
S i r, 
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I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of 
your 293/35 and very much regret that your letter 
of August 20th has remained unanswered. 
2. The feu It is entirely mine. Mr. Symington was 
asked to put up a note "but did not feel competent 
to do so. Mr. Strugnell was then approached and 
furnished a rough draft which I thought might 
possibly be elaborated, but with which I have done 
very little. 
3 . The preparation of such a note is by no means 
easy. Mr. Hidley's real service to forestry was in¬ 
direct through the medium of his botanical investi¬ 
gations. His direct achievements amounted to very 
little judged by present day standards, though he 
must be given considerable credit for having urged 
the necessity for forest reserves. 
4 . I will let you have a note by the end of the 
week, but I fear that it will be very short. It 
might, therefore, be Preferable to abandon the idea 
of a special section devoted to his achievements in 
this field and to refer to them in a more general 
way. 
The Director of Gardens, 
Straits Settlements, 
Singapope. 
I have the honour to be. 
Sir, 
Your obediait servant. 
Dy. Adviser on Forestry, 
Malay S tates . 
