At the third session jVlr. R. W. Munro {Vice-President) took the 

 Chair at 2.80 p.m., on the 2fitli April ; the audience numhered ahout 

 120, The following papers were read and discussed : " Oultivation 

 and Manuring" by Mr. A. P. N. Vesterdal, " Cultivation, Drainage 

 and Manuring " by Mr. F. G. Spring, and " Rubber Seed Selection " 

 by Mr. A. H. Malet.- A fui'ther paper on " Seed Selection " by 

 Mr. J. McNicol was taken as read. 



The President again took the Chair ai the fourth session (owing 

 to the absence through illness of Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley, Chairman 

 of the Planters' Association of Malaya) at 9 a.m. on the 27th April, 

 the attendance immbered about 150. The following papers were 

 I'ead : " Leaf and Stem Diseases of Hevea " by Mr. R. M. Richards, 

 and " Clean Clearing and Root Diseases " by Mr. W. N. C. Belgrave. 

 Owing to the absence of the writer thi'ough illness a paper on 

 " Clean Clearing Pest and Diseases " by Mr. W. R. Shelton-Agar 

 was taken as read. 



At 11.30 a.m., the Conference adjourned for half an hour. 

 On resuming other papers were read as follow : " Pests and 

 Diseases of Coconuts " by Mr. R. M. Richards, " Termites " by 

 Mr. P. B. Richards, and " Application of the Agricultural Pests 

 Enactment" by Mr. F. W. South. 



Mr. F. G. Harvey (•Vice-President) took t l)o Chair at the fifth 

 session, which stai'ted at 2.30 p.m. on the 27th April ; the audience 

 numbering about the same as at the morning session. The following 

 papers were i-ead : " Thinning Out " by Mr. T. J. Gumming, 

 "Thinning Out" by Mr. E. W. King, " Factory Methods" by 

 Mr. F. G. Souter, and '• Pi^epai-ation of Raw Rubber " l)y 

 Mr. B. J. Eaton. 



The final session was held at 9 a.m. on the 28th Api'il with the 

 President in the Chair. The attendance was somewhat disappointing, 

 there being only about 50 present, which included several numbers 

 of the Agricultural Department. The following papers were x'ead 

 and discussed : " Foodstuffs in Malaya " by Mr. F. G. Spring, 

 " Cultivation of Liberian Coffee " by Mr. R. W. Munro, "' Economic 

 Products in Malaya " by Mr. F. G. Spring, and " Observations on 

 Coconut Experiments " by Mr. W. S. Cookson and Mr. G. E. Coombs, 

 while, in the absence of the writer, Mr. T. H. Burkill's paper on 

 " Food Crops in Malaya " was taken as read. 



In publishing the proceedings of the Conference the papers will 

 be grouped iinder the following headings : 



(a) Rubber Cultivation ; 



(h) Pests and Diseases ; 



(c) Rubber Preparation ; Coconuts ; 



Hea.lth and Sanitation; 

 (d) Minor Economic Products, 



