AGPvICUI/rUPvAL CONFERENCE, 

 MALAYA, 1917. 



^T^HE first Agricultural Conference of Malaya was held at Kuala 

 -*- Lumpur on 25th to 28th April, 1917. 



The following Committee was appointed to make all arrange- 

 ments : 



Chairman — Mr. L. Lewton-Brain, Director of Agrienlhire ; 

 Members — Mr. R. C. M, Kindersley ; 



R. W. Munro ; 



F. G. Hai'vey ; 



L. Mooijaart ; 



H. C. E. Zacharias, Secretary, P.A.M. ; 

 Hon. Secretary — Mr. B. Bunting, Agsistant Agriculturist. 



The first session was held at the Chattiber of Commerce, Kuala 

 Lumpur, on 25th April at 2.30 p.m., thei'e being about 75 visitors 

 present. 



The Director of Agriculture (President of the Conference) was 

 in the Chair and in opening the Conference extended a hearty 

 welcome to tlie visitors to the Conference and said that he expected 

 that the papers to be read would prove of benefit to all. He hoped 

 that a great part of their value would be in eliciting the opinions of 

 all those attending. Every opportunity Avould be given for discus- 

 sion and he hoped that ever5'body would avail themselves of it freely. 



The Chairman then introduced Dr. S, H. R. Lucy who read his 

 paper on " Health and Sanitation on Estates." 



The next session consisted of a visit to the Offices of the 

 Department of Agriculture on 26t]i April at 8.30 a.m. The visitors, 

 of whom there were about 110, were first conducted round part of 

 the Experimental Plantation and shown a number of economic 

 products which were being grown on an experimental scale. At 

 9.30 a.m., a demonstration of the rubber vulcanizing and testing 

 station, acetic acid plant, fibre and paper making machinery, etc., 

 was given. Later, the visitors were shown the various laboratories 

 and inspected specimens of various diseases and pests, besides various 

 economic products grown at the Government Plantations. 



The third and all subsequent sessions were held at the Chamber 

 of Commerce, Kuala Lumpur. 



