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General remarks.—The 50 older trees appear to be in perfect 
health, with evidence of such vigour as to leave no doubt that 
they are fully established, and have outgrown all danger from 
ttacks of white ants. 
yield an abundant supply of seed, some of which, if 
allowed to fall, occasionally germinate under the ire 
The flowering takes place generally in January, in the 
season. The fruit forms in March and April, a Mas anh in "nns 
and August, about the middle of the rainy seaso 
It will be seen that the d of the Hev vea brasiliensis 
in this part of Burma is now quite independent of external 
assistance, and that its e a tion has been successfully 
demonstrated. 
It now only remains to subject the larger trees to RAN 
tapping o ascertain the yield in caoutchouc, after which t 
g will have to be determined as to the precise area w whi di 
may be advisable to peo zr at Mergui and other suitable 
Mice with this valuable tr 
e following further edm affords information 
respecting the experimental tapping of Hevea trees in Tenasserim : 
INDIA OFFICE TO ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
India Office, Whitehall, S.W., 
26th April, 1889. 
SIR, 
IN continuation of Mr. Walpole's letter of the 24th gender 
last (R. S. & C. 1269/88), I am vine ted by the Secretary of Sta 
for India in Council to forward f r your information a copy of a 
letter received from the MEM of India, together with its 
enclosures, reporting the results “tier from i tapping Hevea 
brasiliensis trees near Mergui, in Tenas 
he specimens of caoutchouc be tdi in ‘the enclosures have 
been forwarded to you separately by parcels post. 
I 
Cs 
(Signed) C. E. tinent 
tary, 
Revenue, Statistics, and Commerce 
The Director, Departmen 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
ET ede from Colonel W. J. Seaton, Conservator of Forests, 
nasserim Circle, to the Chief Secretary to the Chief Com- 
irem of Burma, dated 28th January, 1889. 
Referring to my letter, No. 330-24, dated 6th October, 1888, 
: have the honour to advise the despa atch by parcel post of a 
ackage containing the following quantities of marin Ad which 
e been obtained in the tapping of the Hevea brasiliensis trees 
in the plantation near Merg 
Collected in July, 1888. 
(1.) From 5 trees on the west bank of the Békchaungale 5 oz. 
