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In these circumstances the Council of the Association have dis- 

 cussed whether it would be advisable for these research schemes to 

 be continued and extended, and referred the matter to the Trustees of 

 the Research Fund, who adopted the following" resolutions : — 



"That it would be desirable to ask the guarantors to continue 

 their subscriptions for a further space of three years, and further- 

 more, to issue an invitation to all other members of the Rubber 

 Growers' Association with estates in the F- M. S. to become guaran- 

 tors. 



"That the guarantors should not be recommended to allow the 

 reports to be issued to all members of the Rubber Growers' Associa- 

 tion, but to continue the existing system of issuing reports only to 

 guaranteeing Companies, their Directors, Agents, etc. 



"That the Planters' Association of Malaya be invited to support 

 the Rubber Growers' Association scheme, with a view to obtaining 

 additional subscriptions in the Federated Malay States. 



"That existing and potential guarantors be asked to express an 

 opinion as to whether it would be desirable, should the renewed funds 

 permit, to develop the research work by employing Mycologists and 

 additional scientists in other branches. 



"That it would be desirable to exchange information with other 

 Associations or Companies who were employing scientific investiga- 

 tors, with a view to obtaining interchange of information." 



It will be seen from the foregoing resolutions that the existing 

 guarantors are invited to continue their subscriptions for another 

 period of three years and that companies and other proprietors of 

 estates in the F. M. S. who are now producing rubber should be 

 invited also to guarantee. 



It is hoped that this will result in a considerably larger sum be- 

 ing subscribed for the purpose of research work, and should this 

 anticipation be realized, the Trustees will place a revised scheme 

 before the guarantors. 



During the past two years the work has been carried out by 

 Messrs. Clayton Beadle & Stevens in London who, under agreement 

 with the Trustees, have employed an Assistant Chemist working in 

 the F. M. S., and have themselves conducted standard tests on manu- 

 facturing lines of the samples prepared and sent home by the Assist- 

 tant Chemist. The Assistant Chemist has also personally visited 

 Estates and rendered advice and assistance. 



The Trustees feel that it would be desirable, should increased 

 funds allow, to consider, before the present agreement expires, in 

 what manner the research work can be extended in the future. For 

 instance, it has been suggested that a Mycologist and an Entomolo- 

 gist should be engaged and that the question of soils and manuring 

 should receive expert attention. 



