2 
Penang 
Sale of plants & seeds . . 
Sale of O-uides 
Municipal contributions for 
Asst.Curator*s services 
# 758-63 
7-50 
1,200-00 
Plant Collection & Field Excursions 
Owing to the absence of most senior 
members of the staff during a considerable 
part of the year the aiaount of botanical 
field work undertaken was small. The Plant- 
Collector, Kiah bin Haji Saileh, went to 
Malacca in April to attempt to find Citrus 
malaccensis . an interesting tree only once 
found, near Nyalas, some 50 years ago, Kiah 
found the species, which has been re-named 
Burkillanthus malaccensis by Dr. W.T#Swingle 
of the U.S# Department of Agriculture. On 
account of the curious structure of the 
fruit. Dr# Swingle makes this species the 
type of a new genus. It is thought that it 
may be a useful stock for the grafting of 
other Citrus variaties in the tropics and 
an attempt is being made to secure viable 
seeds# Mr. Corner took leave at Fraser’s 
Hill in July and made some collections; he 
also visited Johore on several occasions 
during the latter part of the year, and 
made regular collections in the Singapore 
Forest Reserves, with the aid of the Berok 
collecting-monkeys# 
Botanical Reserves 
The three Botanical Reserves in Singa¬ 
pore were maintained as in 1936 and 1939# 
Quarters for the labourers patrolling Bukit 
Timah and Kranji Reserves were erected near 
the entrance to the former# A good water 
supply is available from the neighbouring 
valley by the use of a hydraulic ram# A 
considerable number of further trees have 
been identified and labelled at Bukit Timah, 
and a few new paths made# Timber thefts 
were slight, and the areas formerly felled 
are growing up satisfactorily# A number of 
native Malayan trees were planted# 
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