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pointed to confer with and advise the Superintendent, and to render 

 assistance in connection with work/which to him, as a comparative- 

 ly recent arrival, may present some difficulties. Your Committee 

 feel very strongly that the institution of this Experimental Planta- 

 tion should prove of the greatest benefit to the cause of agriculture 

 in this country and desire to express their recognition of the inten- 

 tion of the Government to keep Federated Malaya well forward in 

 the van of the British Colonies and Protected States which already 

 possess similar institutions. 



Agricultural Bulletin. — A brief reference was made in the 

 last Annual Report to the probability of an xAgricultural Bulletin 

 being shortly published. The idea was very favourably received 

 by the planting community throughout the Federated Malay States 

 and a " band of contributors" was appointed consisting of Mr. 

 Curtis (Penang and Province Wellesley), Mr. Derry and Mr. Wray 

 (Perak), Mr. ARDEN (Selangor), the Chief Forest Officer (Colony 

 and Federated Malay States), and your Chairman. The Government 

 of ihe Colony and the Federated Malay States each promised a 

 grant of $300 per annum towards the expenses of publishing the 

 Bulletin, the cost of which was fixed at $3 per annum, or 50 cents 

 for a single copy, and the first number came out in October, since 

 when there have been regular monthly issues. On the whole, your 

 Committee think that the Bulletin has so far given satisfaction, but 

 there is no denying that there is plenty of room for improvement, 

 both as regards proof-reading and printing, and in the quantity of 

 the local reading matter. It is annoying and discouraging to con- 

 tributors to lind their articles mangled by the omission or careless 

 misuse of punctuation and so forth, and no complaints on this score 

 should have even been called for, but with regard to the local con- 

 tributions of reading matter and specimens, it is obvious that the 

 remedy lies largely in the hands of the readers of the Bulletin, and 

 those who hoped to find in it a useful medium for the exchange of 

 ideas upon subjects of interest to the agricultural community. 

 The Government initiated the idea of the Bulletin, they have given 

 it considerable financial assistance and have permitted the use of 

 the Singapore Government Printing Office in its production. With 

 the object of rendering every possible facility, the Post Office are 

 carrying free of charge all contributions marked " Agricultural Bul- 

 letin " and addressed to your Chairman, upon whom moreover has 

 been conferred the privilege of franking correspondence throughout 

 the postal system of the Colony and the Federated Malay States. 

 More the Government cannot do, and it now rests with every mem- 

 ber < f the planting public to assist the Editor with material. Your 

 Committee sincerely trust that this appeal for your support will 

 meet with a generous response and that one and all will help in the 

 good cause. 



AGRICULTURAL Show. — The Resident-General in November last 

 approached your Association with a view to ascertaining the opinion 

 of the planting community as to the desirability of holding an agri- 

 cultural show iii the Federated Malav States during the current 



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