So 



tion with experiments on treated samples of timber, that a few lines 

 on the subject may be useful. 



The firm known as the Powell Wood Process Syndicate, has its 

 head-quarters at Temple Bar House, 28, Fleet Street, London. The 

 process does not consist of a paint or solution as a number of 

 correspondents seem to think, but is a system of impregnation of the 

 timber by immersing it in a cold solution in open tanks gradually 

 raised to boiling point and after being maintained at this tempera- 

 ture for a certain time according to the density of the wood is cooled 

 down, and the timber removed to a drying chamber till the wood is 

 dry again. The process thus requires a certain amount of plant, 

 though not of a very expensive nature ; samples of wood sent to 

 Australia, Malaya, Africa and India, for experiment have all justified 

 the immunity claimed by the Company for their process, which will 

 probably be adopted by many timber users and dealers in the 



H. N. R. 



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The Editor, 



Agricultural Bulletin, Singapore. 



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 and mineral, of not only such as are grown and obtainable at the 

 present time but also of any new products that may come under 

 their notice t rom time to time. 



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 pleasure in sending you a copy of the British World, which 

 you will notice is founded for the promotion of trade and intercourse 

 between the States of the Empire, and always at your service this 

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