

1st Test 



(wet). 







No. 1 Borneo Sample. 





No. 1 Rhi< 



Tanni 



n - - - 19 : 86: 



per cent. 



20-OU pe 



Moist 



ure - - 1870 





13-92 





2nd Test 



(dried). 





Tanni 



in 27*86 



per cent. 



23-23 pe 



which proves conclusively that on t 





of strengtl 





ill that could he desired. 







...■.''■'"■'.."''ii 



action to your sample is ih; 





t of colour 





• is onlv suitable for shipm 





mar, •' bloi 



• >f which i 



s from 19/. to 19/. 10s. per ton. If, 





mbes equal to the samples 



herewith the value w 



higher, as 



the following will show — 







„ 3 „ „ dark, value - - - 30 31 



Bale Gambier is always pressed packed in double mats or gunnies, and 

 should weigh from 2 to 2\ or even 3 cwt. each. Cubes should be well 

 dried before shipment in order to prevent being "caked" or " blocky " 

 00 arrival, and are packed in bags weighing 1£ cwt. to If cwt. per bag. 



The present rate of freight from Singapore to London is 22*. Get. per 

 •JO cwt. for block, 20*. per 10 cwt. for cubes. 



There would be no difficulty in selling any quantity of the above all 



Mr. H. Walker to Royal Gardens, Kew. 



Mr Dear Sir, Sandakan, 21st April 1893. 



I enclose report and analysis of Gambier raised in the Govern- 

 ment Experimental Garden in Sandakan, which I am sure will be of 



I took charge of the garden on the 3rd ( >ctober, 1891, after my return 

 to North Borneo, when 200 Gambier plants and 100 pepper cuttings 

 bad just been planted : by the 2"ith October I bad 990 Gambier plants 

 out/and by the 8th December I increased the number to 3.2.">3 and ."is 7 

 pepper plants. 



On the 4th October 1892, 1 decided to cut the first planting-, and we 

 commenced boiling some time before the 2nd November and continued 



December, and obtained five piculs of Gambi 



j in my 

 Consequently I had to ship it as Block Gi 





by the smoke in my 



rath, r limited 



The first sample wa- taken without my knowledge by an energetic 

 friend, who gave me a copy of the analysis. The second report is on 

 mv smnple parcel. The garden has now been taken over by a China- 

 man, who is increasing it! lie will cut over the whole clearing in May. 



