323 



Results of 

 examination 

 of the kernels 

 after removal 

 of the seed 

 coat. 



Nutritive 

 value. 



Commercial 

 valuation 

 and remarks. 



Moisture ... 

 Crude proteins 



Consisting of 

 True proteins 



Other nitrogenous 

 substance 



Fat 



Starch, &c. (by difference) 



Fibre 



Ash 



Nutrient rati 



per cent, 



3.9 

 16.4 



15-5 



0.9 



221.4 



(The ratio between the percentage of 

 crude proteins and the sum of percentage 

 of starch and fat, the latter being first co- 

 vered into its starch equivalent). 



Food units 



(The total obtained by adding the per- 

 centage of starch to 2.5 times the sum of the 

 percentages of fat and crude proteins). 



These kernels have a very high food value, equal to 

 to that of Canarium commune kernels, which they resemble 

 in taste and appearance. 



The remarks made with reference to the possibility 

 of profitably exporting Canarium commune nuts (see Im- 

 perial Institute Report dated 7th April, 1014), also apply 

 to the Canarium rufum nut. The higher percentage of 

 husk in the present sample is, to certain extent, due to 

 the presence of the outer coat of the fruit which, in the 

 case of the Canarium commune nuts, had been removed 

 before despatch. 



ONE HUNDRED MILES FOR BLOW-PIPE 

 POISON. 



Mr. J. B. Reid of the Soengei Cerpa Estates, Kwala, East Coast 

 of Sumatra, states in a letter on the subject of the Upas tree, 

 Antiaris toxicaria, that during the last intertribal war of the interior, 

 men from the mountains came down to Kwala, a distance of 100 

 miles and more, to collect the juice for the poisoning of their blow- 

 pipe darts. 



