SECOND PART. 



ABSTRACTS 



AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 

 1157 - The Agricultural Resources of Indo-China. — brenier h. in the Bmietin de la 



SocieU d' EncGut a^ement pcur V I ndustrie Nationale, Vol. 126, No. 4, pp. 37-73. Pari.s, July- 

 August 19 1 6. 



Forest Products. — - Though there are possibiHties of opening up a con- 

 siderable trade with China in the hard woods, at present there is no tim- 

 ber in Indo-China suitable for export to the European markets with the 

 exception of " lim " [Erythrophleum Fordii Oliv.) which is the material 

 used for wood block-paving. Exports of forest products consequently 

 consist almost entirely of bye-products, the principal ones being : 



Cinnamon. 



" Cunao " (tubercles of the Discoriaceae family from which a dye is obtained). 



Cardamones (fruits of several Zingiberaceae). 



Benzoin. 



Guttapercha 



Sticklac (i). 



Rattans for fine canework. 



Palm wood for unbrella handles. 



Vegetable lac (obtained by tapping trees ot the Anacardiaceae order). 



Oil seeds of Calophyllum InophyUtim lyin., Camellia drupifera, I^our and Garcinia. 



" Abrasin " (a drying oil probably obtained from Aleuritcs montana Wils.) 



Camphor 



Resin (from Pinus M assoniana) . 



Mangroves abound on the coast and might be made to produce con- 

 siderable quantities of bark of an exceptionally high tannin content, some 

 samples having yielded up to 24 to 25 per cent of tannin. 



DEVELOPMENT 



OF 



AGRICULTURE 



IN DIFFERENT 



COUNTRIES 



(i) vSee B. August 1916, No. 895. 



