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treated. From these results it is caleulated that the acre of wild 
eptmrhc referred to above yielded 261 lb. of pericarp oil and 497 lb. 
of kern 
In 1918 the Director of apie reports: “‘ These investi- 
gations were proceeded with as far as circumstances permitted. 
The yield of fruits, pericarp dil and kernels from the various 
plots is shown below. The oil was again expressed by the primi- 
tive native method, as our efforts to procure an oil press have so 
far been unsuccessful.’ 1 acre of 
alms 
1 acre enclosure planted it 
of wild palms. 1913 20'x 20’ : 
Number of collections : AD shea bay 12 
Number of bunches collected ... 265 ; 99 
Weight of bunches, lb. wey DOE bic, cos, ORD 
Weight of fruits i in bunches, DB ec £ OUD 0, ns i AAO 
Weight of fruits in bun ches, ee 59-4... 62:3 
Weight of nuts obtained, lb, bane ON Be yma) eee 
Weight of nuts in fruits, y' fae aig) eee 5d-1 
Weight of kernels obtained, Mb Eiiae 6 BUBB. peas BIO4 
Weight of kernels in nuts, 9, ‘i y-4 ae 21-8 
Weight of oil obtained, Ib... 161-8 ...., 79-67 
Weight of pericarp oil in fruits, % i gee 5-4 
A sample of nuts of the ‘‘ Abepa’’ variety of the syn Coast 
was received at the Museum from Ceylon in June, 1919. In 
reference to this the Director of Agriculture (letter to : icoue 
Kew, dated 29th May, 1919) states: ‘‘ Seed of this variety o il 
pa alm was secured by this s Department in June, 1915, from the De- 
partment of pales pm es Coast. From the plants raised from 
this consignment, 8 acres of oil-palms were planted 22 ft. by 
22 ft. in Nov ember, 1915. * The plot has been sepeargh cultivated 
with disc harrows. seal (Vigna Catiang) and other legu- 
tion. The ae rainfall at the Experiment Station penie? 
fon is 68-66 i In Declan ¢ 1918, the palms flowered for 
the first time, viz., “at t e of 2 years and 3 months and in 
October, 1918, the ‘firat eS of fruit was made, when 46 lb. 
was secured. rhe young palms are looking extremely healthy 
and vi 
It a be of interest to note that in 1897 a firm of nurserymen 
: rap 
Algemeen Proefstation Avros, s (letter to Director, dated 
Medan, 27th May, 1919) tha i; pe oe the total of Te 
where the “ Oil -palm ’’ is cultivated numbers 22, of which 16 a 
situated on the East Coast of Sumatra, 6 in sities 208 ou ia 
