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ber.  We  are  general  merchants  and  have  some  friends  who  are 
very  anxious  to  purchase  Asiatic  Rubber. 
We  shall  be  obliged  if  you  can  give  us  the  name  of  some  reliable 
firm  in  your  district  with  whom  we  may  correspond  upon  the  sub- 
ject. 
We  remain,  Dear  Sir, 
Yours  faithfully, 
Sale  & Co.  Limited, 
Dear  Sir, 
Lanadron  Estate^ 
Muar,  via  Singapore, 
Straits  Settlements, 
September  jrd,  /goj. 
I have  just  received  an  analysis  of  some  of  the  Garden’s  rubber 
prepared  with  acetic  acid,  viz., 
India  Rubber  .. . ...  ...  90.76% 
Resinous  matter  ...  ...  3.42% 
Albuminous  matter  ...  ...  4.01% 
Mineral  matter  (ash)  ...  ...  0.11% 
Mixture  ...  ...  ...  1.80% 
You,  I believe,  have  already  received  the  valuation  of  this  and 
will  perceive  that  although  it  is  much  superior  to  any  Para  rubber 
coming  from  South  America,  it  is  not  as  good  as  it  is  possible  to  get 
it. 
The  analysis  offers  plenty  of  matter  for  reflection  to  those  in- 
terested in  the  rubber  industry  here  as  to  the  possibility  of  improv- 
ing the  quality  by  the  eradication  of  the  organic  impurities. 
I remain,  etc.. 
The  Editor, 
“ Straits  Agricultural  Bulletin,  ” 
Singapore. 
FRANCIS  PEARS. 
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GOVERNMENT  NOTICE  TO  PLANTERS. 
The  Introduction  ok  New  and  \Aiau\i3LE  Agricultural 
Products. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that,  with  a view  to  encouraging  the  in- 
troduction of  agricultural  products  not  under  general  cultivation  in 
the  Federated  Malay  States  and  neighbouring  countries,  the 
Government  is  prepared  to  grant  to  any  bond  fide  planter  who  can 
satisfy  the  Government  that  he  is  the  pioneer  in  the  introduction, 
as  a business  operation,  of  a new  and  commercially  valuable  pro 
