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afar 
(ii) Mr. Lam Hin Cheng, Horticultural Assistant, continued to study at 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for the Kew Diploma. 
(iii) Mr. Bajuri bin Sappan, Laboratory Assistant, was sent to England 
on 24th January to follow a course of study on plant breeding 
and propagation. He studied at the John Innes Horticultural 
Institution, Bayfordbury, Dorset Nurseries. Poole, and the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
10. Arrangements were made for Mr. Tan Kim Ho. Librarian, to go 
to Australia to study library management under a Colombo Aid grant given 
by the Australian Government. 
IV. BOTANIC GARDENS ORDINANCE 
11. Under section 3 (3) of the Botanic Gardens Ordinance, 1957 (No. 
32 of 1957), the following officers of the Botanic Gardens were gazetted with 
the powers of a police officer within the Gardens [G.N. 1867 of the Govern¬ 
ment Gazette, Vol. .13 (78), 15th August. 1958]: 
(i) Director, 
(ii) Assistant Director. 
(iii) Curator, 
(iv) Watchmen. 
By-laws were enacted under the title of the Botanic Gardens Rules, 1958. in 
the Government Gazette Supplement No. 52 of 15th August. 1958, No. S 182, 
See Appendix VII. 
V. BUILDINGS AND ROADS 
12. The Directors quarters underwent an extensive overhaul by the 
Public Works Department. Singapore; several timbers suffering from dry rot 
were replaced. This house, built in 1866, still has much of the orginal wood¬ 
work which is in excellent condition. 
13. Repairs were carried out by the Public Works Department to the 
plant house on Lawn L. The main part of the house was enclosed with ex¬ 
panded metal, replacing the wire netting, to improve security. The overhead 
slats of the quadrangle surround were renewed and placed more widely than 
before to permit the trusses of Muctina grown on this erection to hang through, 
thus being visible from below. 
14. The Public Works Department also resurfaced the Upper Ring 
Road, Main Gate Road, a part of Liane Road and the drive to the Curator’s 
quarters at 30 Cluny Road. Repairs were done to the road leading to the 
quarters of the Keeper of the Herbarium and to the Labourers’ lines. 
15. By Gardens* resources, the lily pond on Lawn L was completed 
and two plant houses at the potting yard were renovated. To accommodate 
the expanding quantity of orchid seedlings, another house was built in the 
enclosure and also a slatted-roof house for the more mature seedlings. Near 
the end of the year, it was decided to move all the orchid species collection 
from the “bear pits” near the Director's Quarters into the enclosure and work 
was begun to make another slatted-roof house for their concentration. The 
perimeter fence of the Gardens was also repaired. 
VI. VISITORS 
16. As usual a large number of official visitors called at the office, 
amongst them being Mr. E. Melville, Colonial Office; Sir Harry Jephcott, 
Chairman and Managing Director of Glaxo Laboratories, London; Professor 
