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<p>[Page 10] </p><p>£60 a month on extra vegetables, excluding potatoes, it stands to reason that the vegetable garden will also be financially beneficial for the camp. We use about 20 volunteers in the morning and another 10 in the afternoon, and I too have committed to work every 2nd day. Strangely enough, it's mostly the Singapore gentlemen that have volunteered. Because the whole area is overgrown with rather tall grass and we do not have a plough at our disposal, preparing and working the soil is quite strenuous and time-consuming. Come time, however, we will be picking roses, and if everything does as well as our first seedlings, we shall be amply rewarded for our labour. The new Commander takes a vivid interested in the venture; he arrives on horseback almost every morning, chats with us and gives us useful tips from his earlier life as a farmer. This work in the vegetable garden suits me better than working for the government, so I stopped doing the latter, but I do need some physical exertion in order to sleep better.</p>