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accurately studied, and their causes, where possible, deter- 

 mined. Regular warnings are issued and special laws are 

 passed : and thus alone is it that so terrible a disease as 

 Sereh, although not stamped out, is restricted within reason- 

 able bounds. 



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Abbreviations — Archief = Archief voor de Java Suiker-industrie. 



Meded. W. Java, etc. = Mededeelingen van het Proef- 

 station voor Suikerriet in West Java, etc. 



I wish here to express my thanks to the Editor of T/ie Sugar-Cane 

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(3) Bojer, W. Report of Select Committee on Cane Diseases in 



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(4) BONAME, M. {a) Rapport annuel de la station Agronomique 



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(5) Browne, Patrick. The Civil and Natural History of 



faviaica, p. 435, 1789. 



(6) Cobb, N. A. ia) Diseases of the Sugar-cane. Agricultural 



Gazette of Nezv Sotith Wales, Oct. 1893. {b) The Cause of 

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