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The seeds in tin No. 1 were packed in Burnt Padi Husk 

 the material which we find most successful for packing- 

 Para Rubber seeds and it is interesting to note that in the 

 case of the Durian seeds it totally failed to preserve them. 

 The packing material employed for tins No. 2 and 5, name- 

 ly fine Wood-wool and thoroughly dried Moss dust gave the 

 best result whilst tin No. 8 in which no packing whatever 

 was used was the most satisfactory of all. 



A later consignment of several hundreds of seeds to 

 the same Department in Southern Nigeria packed in 

 powdered charcoal arrived in very bad condition. 



Our observations lead us to believe that the most suc- 

 cessful method to adopt is to first carefully clean all pulpy 

 matter from the seeds and after thoroughly drying them in 

 the sun for two or three days, pack them in tins sufficiently 

 large to hold fifty seeds. The lids of the tins should not 

 be soldered down and stout canvas should be used as a 

 covering. 



The method applies to all seeds of a like nature such as 

 Mangosteen, etc., etc., packing large quantities of seeds to- 

 gether should be avoided as they quickly heat in bulk. 



T. W. Main. 



Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 



MEMORANDUM ON ' SESAMUM ' CULTIVATION 

 IN KRIAN, PERAK. 



By R. G. Palmer of Beieh Estate. 



I have been making experiments on Brieh Estate with 

 the cultivation of Sesamum (Gingelly or Til) in which Mr. 

 Lee- Warner when Collector of Land Revenue in Krian — 

 was much interested, with a view of its possibilities as a 

 rotation crop for Padi in the Krian Irrigation area. 



The soil in most of the Krian mukims, where not too 

 low lying, appears to be well adapted for the cultivation of 

 this valuable product. Most of the seed cropped by me has 

 been superior to the seed I originally planted and which 

 was imported from India. 



If the Malays could be induced to plant Sesamum. for 

 which there is a large demand in Europe — principally from 

 Marseilles, there can be no doubt that they would find it a 

 profitable occupation. 



