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that they will hunt the coffee for caterpillars when there is so 



much food of other sorts available. The remedy for this is to 



import several thousands of the birds, and I shall sincerely hope to 



see this done. 



I have, &c., 



E. V. CAREY, 



Chairman, United Planters' Association, 



Federated Malay States. 



The Resident-General, Federated Malay States, to the 

 Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Ceylon. 



Resident-General's Office, 



Selangor, Malay Peninsula, 

 February 13, 190H. 

 Sir, — With reference to your letter of the 24th December last 

 advising the shipment of a consignment of crows for Selangor, I 

 am directed to inquire whether you would be good enough to 

 make arrangements for furnishing a further supply of fifty birds, 

 at the expense of this Government, addressed as before to care of 

 A. D. Neubronner, Esq., in Penang, to be forwarded to Mr. Carey 

 at Klang, telegraphing to Mr. Neubronner the name of the steamer 

 and date of despatch. 



2. Mr. Carey, who has had charge of the first batch, thinks that 

 the experiment, so far as it has gone, has been an unqualified 

 success, but is of opinion that experiments should be made with a 

 further consignment before the crows are imported in large 

 numbers. 



I have, &c., 



OLIVER MARKS, 



Acting Secretary to Resident-General, 



Federated Malay States. 



