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XIII. NATURE RESERVES 
32. The Board of Trustees consisted of: 
Nominated by the Governor-in-Council 
Nominated by the Minister for Local 
Government, Lands and Housing 
Nominated by City Council 
Nominated by the Rural Board 
Chairman (ex-officio) 
!. Mr. E. Galistan 
2. Mr. Yusof bin Ishak 
Mr. Morgan Khoo 
Kay Ann 
3. Mr. Tan Hoon Siang 
4. Prof. H. B. Gilliland 
5. Mr. N. Karuppiah .. 
6. Mr. A. L. B. Swaine 
Mr. R. S. Boswell .. 
7. Mr. H. M. BurkiH .. 
Mr. G. H. Addison 
1/1 to 3/2/58. 
from 4/2/58. 
from 9/1/58. 
Ill to 24/5/58. 
from 25/9/58. 
(on leave of absence 
5/4 to 2/11/58). 
5/4 to 2/11/58. 
33. Mr. Swaine’s retirement from Singapore, and hence from the Board, 
was the Board’s major loss during the year. Mr. Swaine had been a trustee 
since the formation of the Board on 29th June, 1951 and has had a life-long 
interest in natural history and wild life. 
34. The trustees held two meetings during the year. 
35. After due consideration the Legislative Assembly amended the 
Schedule to the Nature Reserve Ordinance to limit the Pandan Nature Re¬ 
serve to 542 acres. The land on both sides of the Jurong River estuary now 
remains under the Board’s control. 
36. Maintenance work in the other three Reserves has gone on normal¬ 
ly, much attention being given, as previously, to Bukit Timah. 
37. Three rangers and nine labourers were on the Board’s pay-roll 
throughout the year. The Head Ranger, on medical (T.B.) leave since 1956, 
was invalided out of service and died a few months later. ’Che Hamzah. 
Ranger, was promoted Head Ranger with effect from 1st October, and the 
vacancy of Ranger thus created was filled. 
38. The Public Works Department has applied to the Nature Reserves 
Board for an exchange of 2.8 acres of Quarry Reserve for 2.8 acres of Nature 
Reserve. This application was under consideration. 
XIV. METEOROLOGICAL 
39. Observations were continued at the Meteorological Stations at the 
office and in the orchid enclosure. Records are tabulated in Appendices II 
and III. Rainfall at the office was near the average for the past 44 years. At 
the orchid enclosure rainfall was 9 inches less and fell on 7 days fewer than 
at the office. Though the two sites are scarcely half a mile apart this serves to 
show how localised rainstorms can be. 
40. Records were supplied to the Meteorological Department, the Uni¬ 
versity of Malaya, including samples of rain collected for a survey of pH of 
rainwater, and to interested members of the public. A paint technologist 
was regularly given information for use in research on paints used locally. 
Observations on the pH of rainwater will be published in a forthcoming 
number of the Gardens’ Bulletin . 
XV. FINANCIAL PROVISION 
41. Certain departmental projects had to be shelved as a result of the 
enforcement of general economy measures. 
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