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take advantage of the facilities offered for original research. The 

 results of these extremely important works were published in the 

 Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Teysmannia, and other 

 Journals. The "Annales" were founded by Scheffer, who published 

 the first volume, and thence forward carried on by Dr. Treub. 



Besides his vast administration work he found time, too, to 

 publish many important papers on his own special studies. 



In organizing the Scientific Department of Agriculture he visited 

 many of the other botanical establishments of the East, and on 

 several occasions visited the Singapore Botanic Gardens. In the 

 course of one of these investigations in Manila he contracted a severe 

 illness from which it appears he never really recovered, and a little 

 more than a year ago it was found necessary for him to retire from 

 his post, first to Egypt and then to the South of France, where he 

 died on October 3rd, at the age of fifty-eight, after a service of nearly 

 30 years in Java. 



He will be deeply missed by many who knew him, not only as a 

 most able administrator and agriculturist, but also as a kind and 

 helpful friend, full of encouragement and sympathy for humbler 

 workers : — Ed. 



Dr. W. Burck. 



We have also to record with regret the death of Dr. Burck who 

 was formerly attached to the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg. He 

 was born in 1848 and was well-known from his studies in the 

 Dipterocarpeoe and Sapotaceoe. He was particularly interested in the 

 cultivation of Guttapercha and for the study of their product visited 

 the Highlands of Sumatra in search of plants. He collected a large 

 number and started the Tjepetir and Guttapercha plantations, where 

 Dichopsis gutta and other species are cultivated in a large scale. 

 Later he was put in charge of the Government coffee plantations, 

 and retired about eight years ago to Leyden where he devoted 

 himself to Botanical science. — Ed. 



PERSONAL 



Mr. F. G. Spring, of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland College 

 of Agriculture, Aberdeen University, has arrived and assumed duties 

 as Assistant to the Director of Agriculture, and Superintendent 

 Government Plantations, F.M.S., vice Mr. J. \V. Campbell, resigned. 

 Mr. Spring holds the National Diploma in Agriculture and the 

 University Diploma. 



Mr. W. L. Wood, late of the Kew staff, has arrived and assumed 

 duties as Superintendent of Government Plantations, Perak. Mr. 

 Wood, after leaving Kew was for some months assisting Dr. Henry in 

 his work on British Forestry. 



