A SHORT SURVEY OF THE WORK OF THE TOBACCO- 

 TESTING STATION IN DELI. 



By Dr. L. P. DE BUSSY. 

 Director of the Deli Testing Station. 



THE Deli Testing Station at Medan has been established 

 for the scientific study of all problems arising out of the 

 cultivation of tobacco on the East Coast of Sumatra. It 

 is proposed in the present paper to deal chiefly with the 

 work of this institute during the last few years. 



It was established in 1893, an d is maintained by the 

 tobacco companies of the East Coast. All the latter, 

 thirty-two in number, with altogether ninety-five under- 

 takings, are now affiliated to the Station. They annually 

 contribute a sum of 150,000 fl. In 1913 a new laboratory 

 was opened, in which the formerly separated depart- 

 ments have been brought together; the building ex- 

 penses thereof amounted to 60,000 fl. The scientific 

 staff consists of eight persons: DrJnector, Dr. L. P. 

 de Bussy; Agriculturist, Dr. K. Diem; Botanist, Dr. 

 J. A. Honing; Chemist, Dr. S. Tymstra; Zoological 

 Assistant, Dr. P. A. Dietz; Agricultural Assistant, 

 A. N. J. Beets; Botanical Assistant, J. Vriend; Chemical 

 Assistant, Dr. E. W. Remmert. There are, besides, a 

 book-keeper and a native staff of about fifty men. 



The results obtained were formerly published in the 

 organs of the Government Botanical Gardens at Buiten- 

 zorg; since 1906 in the Chronicles of the Deli Testing 

 Station, of which the annual issues I-VII have appeared, 

 and VIII is now current; and since 1914, as regards 

 purely scientific articles, in the Bulletin of the Deli Test- 

 ing Station. 



Before proceeding to a short survey of the work done 

 in connection with tobacco proper, it may here be men- 



