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example, in the nut free from husk in the 

 green fruit, are only 11*5 and 7*5 respectively, 

 but they rise to 21 and 13*6 in the " fairly 

 ripe," and assume a maximum of 23*4 and 15*5 

 in those which had been allowed to completely 

 ripen whilst on the tree. 1 The proportion of 

 husk taken from the seashore nuts (41*8 per 

 cent.) is much larger than it is from those 

 gathered in the interior (32 per cent.), but this 

 is compensated for by the fact that the per- 

 centage of milk in the nut, free from hus'k, and 

 of water in the fresh meat is considerably lower 

 in the former than in the latter. Therefore, it 

 appears to be very evident that the superiority 

 of trees growing near the sea is solely due to 

 the quantity, and not the quality, of nuts they 

 produce. This is shown by the following 

 particulars of 1,000 nuts procured from trees 

 growing near the seashore, and the same 

 number from those standing in the interior. 

 The nuts were kept for a month before being 

 touched. 



Seashore Nuts Inland Nuts 



Kilos. Per cent. Kilos. Per cent. 



Weight of 1,000 nuts ... 2,363 loo'o 2,286 100*0 



husks 897 38-0 703 30-8 



Nuts, minus husks ... 1,466 62*0 1,582 69*2 



Meat and shell 929 979 



Milk 537 227 603 26-4 



Shell (dry) 282 11-9 291 127 



Meat 647 27-4 688 30-1 



1 Full explanations of the reasons for this, with care- 

 fully prepared tables of the analyses made (fourteen 

 tables in all) are given ; see Philippine Journal of Science, 

 January, 1906, pp. 58-82, also in this book on pp. 406, 

 407, in the Section on Oil. 



