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tinue the cultivation and to collect and send the cotton for 

 shipment say to Singapore a trade might be made in this 

 product. 



Imperial Institute, London, 8. W. 



12th July, 1909. 



Sir, 



I have the honour to enclose a report on a sample of 

 cotton from Baram, Sarawak, which was forwarded for 

 examination to the Imperial Institute by the Director of 

 Botanic Gardens at Singapore with letter dated 22nd April 

 1909. I have the honour to be 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Sd. Wyndham R. Dunstan. 



His Excellency the Governor, 



Straits Settlements. 



IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. 

 Results of the Examination of Cotton from Baram, 



Sarawak. 



Imperial Institute No. 28983. Date, 12th July 1909. 



Reference. — Letter dated the 22nd April 1909 from the 



Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 

 Number of mark, and weight of sample: — ' ' Cotton 



from Baram" If oz. Variety of Cotton. Not 



stated. 



Description. — The sample consisted of clean, ginned 

 cotton which was harsh, fairly lustrous and of 

 deep cream colour, with a pale reddish tinge. 

 Some slight brown stains were present in the 

 cotton. 



Strength. — Normal . 



Length of fibres. — 1.1 to 1.5 inch. 



Diameter of fibres. — 0.0006 to 0.0012 inch; average 

 0.00082 inch. 



Microscopical characters. — A small proportion of im- 

 mature fibres was present. 



Commercial value. — 6.50^ per lb. with 4 'good" rough 

 Peruvian at 7.75c? per lb. and 4 4 good" moder- 

 ately rough Peruvian at 6.60d per lb. 



Remarks. — The cotton w r as rough and similar in 

 character to Peruvian cotton. It was of good 

 quality and would be readily saleable in the 

 United Kingdom. 



