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Sch.) and Getah Malu [Sideroxybon kaernbachianum Engler). " It 

 is stated that the milky juice of I, 3, 4 is white, while the cotyle- 

 dons of No. 2 turn red on exposure to the air. It may therefore 

 be supposed that the product turns reddish like the Getah Taban 

 Merah, of the Malays '' (Pharm, Journ.) 



It will be noticed that the native names arc all Malay, not Pa- 

 puan words and consequently would be received with suspicion. 

 From that time nothing more was heard of Papuan Gutta Percha 

 for some years, though I was shewn in Singapore some three or 

 four years ago a sample of first class Gutta percha said to have- 

 been obtained in New Guinea. The distribution of the true Gutta 

 producing trees is so limited that to find some in New Guinea was 

 quite unexpected. Gutta percha of a kind occurs as far north as Siam 

 and here and there among the further islands of the Archipelago, 

 but it is practically worthless. The Malay peninsula, Sumatra 

 Borneo and the Islands just around are the home of the true 

 Ta'ban Merah. I have just received however a letter from Mr. R. 

 Schlechter, from German New Guinea who states that he has just 

 discovered any quantity of a new species which is allied to Di- 

 chopsis Gutta and produces a Gutta exactly like Getah Taban 

 Merah in every respect. This important discovery coming just 

 now when the supply of this product is far below the demand may 

 prove a great stimulus in opening up this most troublesome and 

 difficult country. 



Circular to Employers of Indian Labour. 



The following circular will be read with interest by many plant- 

 ers and other employers of labour in the Straits. 



The following correspondence regarding the prosecution by the 

 Superintendent, Straits Emigration Depot, of certain police and 

 boatmen in Negapatam for extorting money from Kanganies and 

 coolies is circulated for the information of Employers of Labour. 



2. The attention of Employers of Labour is invited to the latter 

 part of paragraph 6 of Dr. Foston's letter No. 1 10 02 of the 18th 

 February, 1902. 



D. H. WISE, 

 Secretary to Resident-General, F.M.S. 

 Resident-General's Office, 5th March, ig02. 



S.S. Emigration Office, 



Negapatam, iStli February, 1902. 



The Resident-General, 



Federated Malay States, 



Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. 



Sir, — On the 25th November, 1901, Kangany Kadirvalu, belong- 

 ing to Damansara Estate, Selangor, brought ten coolies and one 

 minor and applied to me for aided tickets. The minor, a lad of 

 ten vears, told me he was going across with the knowledge and 

 consent of his parents. 



