(12) A severe rain + thunder shower visited Singapore at noon + lasted an hour & half. In the afternoon visited the Botanical gardens + met the director Mr. Benhill, a blond man of about 40 yrs., Mr C.F. Baker. I also met in the gardens where he is doing some economic botany for the Philippine government. He was formerly at Stamford as a Special P.R. student. One Phil Brothers as the author Doug Stanford Baker, Baker is an enthusiastic collector of plants + insects + a specialist on fungi & Hemiptera. He is returning to the Philippines in 4 months. The only rubber non-grower for profit in the Straits is Kuala Kangsar.