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Notes from the India-Rubber Journal. 



The International Rubber Planters Association. — The Kditor of 

 the Journal publishes a letter from Sir WILLIAM THFSELTON Dyer 



accepting the position of President of the Association. Sir Willi am 

 has always taken the greatest interest in the cultivation of Rubber 

 and indeed it is to him that we in the Last are indebted for the 

 introduction of the Para rubber tree into the East. Dr. Weber is 

 the Honorary Expert of the Association. The Editor suggests to 

 members of the Association, that th< y should prepare 51b. samples 

 of rubber in any way that seems to them best or by any method to 

 which they are best accustomed. Details of the process used should 

 be given, and the samples will be examined by a prominent broker, 

 then by a buyer, then by Dr. WEBER. A portion of each will be 

 analysed, after which they will be sent to an expert manufacturer 

 who will give his opinion on their merits and w ho will then pro- 

 ceed to manufacture each sample separately. A report of their 

 behavior alter vulcanisation will be given, a microscopic examina- 

 tion w ill follow and a general report on the value of each sample- 

 will be given. This system should produce the most valuable re- 

 sults, and one would certainly think that members of the Associa- 

 tion would not delay to send samples in for so valuable an examina- 

 tion and criticism. 



Mr. SIDNEY Parry writes a de criptive letter about Rubber 

 planting in the Peninsula illustrated by good photographs of Para 

 trees in Kajang, 3! and G\ years old and trees on Kent Estate. 



Editor, 



Minutes of the first meeting of the General 

 Committee, held at the Selangor Ciub at 11 a.m. 

 on Saturday, the 26th of March. 



The Acting Resident presided, there being 33 members present 

 out of a total of 42. 



2 The Chairman in a brief address informed the meeting of the 

 objects of the show, remarking that this was the first of a series of 

 shows which it had been decided to hold annually through the 

 Colony and the Federated Maiay States : that agriculture was a 

 subject in which the Resident-General takes a great deal of interest 

 and concluding by expressing the hope that those gentlemen who 

 had been so good as to consent to serve on the various Committees, 

 would do their best to make the show a success 



3. The agenda was then read by the Chairman of the Local 

 Standing Committee (Mr. \V. W. BAILEY), and it was decided to 

 deal with the fifth item on the agenda first, viz — : 44 To consider 

 suggestions made by the Local Standing Committee." 



4. The following suggestions were agreed to nem. con. : — 

 (i) That the show be held on the rare course, — subject to 



the approval of the Turf Cliib; 



