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A few inoiillis ixfivv ihv cstablislmiciit of the West J;jv;i Station a 

 second, similar in oi'uaiii/ation and piiipose, was loiindcd at Sainaianu, 

 .Aliddlc Java. The members of the associatiou \vlii( h controls it con 

 liibute to its su])i»ort in proportion to the amount of sujiar jnoduccd 

 eacli year. Its income averaj^es about $L'(),(K)(» jxt annum. It was 

 first organized with Dr. Jieneeke, a botanist, as director, and a chemist 

 as assistant. In connection with the station work there was also a 

 course of instruction to abont a dozen students. 



The third sugar experiment stati(ui was started in l-SSiJ, in Tassoeroean, 

 East Java, on essentially the same plan as the one in West Java. Jts 

 income is over $24,000 per annum. The working staff includes Dr. 

 Kramers as director and chemist, a vice director ami botanist, a bacte- 

 riologist, and an assistant chemist. For manual services four helpers 

 are generally employed. 



The institutions nuMitioned al)ove are working exclusively in tlu^ 

 interest of the jn'oductictn of cane sugar, and are only in this limited 

 sense agricultural experiment stations. The latter designation may, 

 however, be properly ajtplied to the station conn<'cted with the botani- 

 cal garden of l>uitenz(»rg. Its work is princi]»ally botanical, and, as 

 above stated, it has to do with tropical plants, the development of which 

 is so important in Java. Extensive investigations have been nuide with 

 fertilizers at this as at the other stations, but their success has been 

 interfered with by diseases which have attacked the plants. 



It is probable that other stations will soon be organized in the inter- 

 ests of the production of coffee, quinine, tobacco, etc., and one especially 

 for indigo. 



The numagement of the stations is liberal. The buildings, especially 

 the laboratories, are very substantial, and are provided with water, gas, 

 and other conveniences. The equipments for the i)articnlar lines of 

 investigations are excellent. The salaries are generous — >'.j,0(K) per year 

 for directors, $2,500 to $3,750 for chemists, and $1,500 for assistants. 



