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"The Chinese call it Loong Lun Ko, which means Dragon scale 

 fruit. The "flower" (perhaps the husk of the fruit) is boiled to 

 provide a Cough mixture and the fruit is eaten as a sweetmeat.' ' 



Editor. 



Hail in the Malay Peninsula. 



Kuala Lumpor, 



The Editor Forest Office, $th May , rgo^. 



The Agricultural Bulletin. 



Sir, — I notice in the March No. of your Bulletin some remarks 

 upon Hail in Ulu Langat. 



It mav be of some interest to you to know that on two occasions 

 I have seen Hail in Perak. First in 1889, at Ipoh, when visiting 

 the District and Mr. GRANT MACKIE was with me. It commenced 

 by a very heavy thunderstorm and heavy wind, after which it hailed 

 lor about 5 minutes. 



Second occasion was when I was Manager of Mr. DoUGLAS 

 ( )SB< >r\E's Coffee Estate in Gopeng, Kinta, Perak. in 1897. It com- 

 mence' 1 in similar manner as above but only lasted for about 

 one minute. 



Yours faithfullv, 



Fred. Dennys. 



COTTON CULTIVATION. 



Jugra Estate, 



S clangor. May gfli, IQ04. 



Df.AR Sir, — On page 94 of the Bulletin you publish a Precis of 

 Correspondence on the above subjec t, wherein I am credited with 

 the assertion that " the whole crop per acre would only pay one 

 coolie for two months. " 



My experience of the cultivation has been so limited that I 

 would not be justified in expressing such an opinion.. 



To the best of my recollection, some quotations from broker's 

 report and Javanese opinions, which appeared in my brother's 

 original paper, have been my only contribution to the subject. 



I am, Yours very truly, 



Cyril E. s. Baxendale, 



The Editor 



Agricultural Bullet/)/, 

 Singapore. 



