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Exhibit A. 



1. Quinine 10 grains in solution should be given to every work- 

 ing and non-working cooly three mornings every week at 

 muster roll. 



2. Coolies suffering from malarial fever should receive 10 grains 

 of quinine twice daily. Continue for one month, then give 

 10 grains every morning for a month. Then 3 times a week 

 as above. 



Water. 



3. The water supply should be carefully protected and examined 

 from time to time. 



4. When a new well is opened, or an old well has been in use for 

 some time, purify the water by Permanganate of potassium. 



Latrines. 



5. The Latrines should be at a distance from the water supply 

 and not lead to any stream or course of drinking water. 



Open trenches away from the coolie lines are best, to be 

 filled with earth and wood ashes, lime, &c. 



Mosquito Curtains, 



6. If there are many cases of malarial fever on the Estate, 

 Mosquito curtains, good large ones capable of holding a 

 married couple or 2 or 3 single men, should be insisted upon. 



Provisions 



7. The manager with the Estate Doctor must inspect the shop 

 and provisions provided for the coolies from time to time. 

 The tariff charges are to be conspicuously exhibited at the 

 shop at all times in the language of the coolies. The 

 Manager is to have a copy of such tariffs and should test the 

 scales and measures from time to time. 



RUBBER FUNGI. 



A lecture delivered by Mr. H. N. Ridley at the Exhibition, on August 20. 



The lecture delivered by Mr. H, N. Ridley to the planters at 

 the Agri-Horticultural Show on Saturday forenoon had for its subject 

 certain tree pests that afflict the planter. 



Mr. Ridley said: — When I was asked to initiate a discussion at 

 this meeting, the subject of Fomes semitostus was suggested as a 

 suitable one but it occurred to me that we should get some valuable 

 suggestions on the treatment of fungi if I did not confine myself to 

 Fomes only but touched also on some of the other fungus-pests of Para 



