sugar pests, etc., were first published in this Bulletin. Then there are 

 the results of experiments made at the Gardens, or observations on 

 estates to be published. New useful plants to be described, new forms 

 of machinery, tools, or buildings to be introduced to the up-to-date 

 planter. All this is work that cannot be done in any other way than 

 by a monthly or quarterly Bulletin. 



The Straits and F.M.S. Bulletin has never been a large sized 

 publication owing to the fact that printing is expensive here and the 

 funds available by the Editor very small, and had it not been for the 

 advertisements obtained it would have been necessary for the Bulletin 

 to cease to exist some years ago. 



However, it has served its purpose small as it has been, and it 

 now only remains to bid our readers farewell. — Ed. 



