An account of 



THE CULTIVATION OF RICE 



IN MALACCA. 



The following account of the method of rice cultivation 

 in the territory of Malacca was written in 1893, by Inche Mu- 

 hammad Ja'far, Malay Writer in the Resident Councillor's 

 Office, at the request of Mr. E. M. Merewether, who has contri- 

 buted it to this Journal. 



For the translation the sole responsibility rests with me, 

 but I am indebted for the interpretation of certain words and 

 phrases to the kind assistance of Mr. H. T. Haughton and the 

 author. 



The Notes (except such as are enclosed in square brackets) 

 are part of the original, but to their English renderings the same 

 remarks apply. 



C. 0. BLAGDEX. 



