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Sch.) and Getah Malu {Sideroxylon kaernbacKianum Engler). “ It 
is stated that the milky juice of I, 3, 4 is white, while the cotyle- 
dons of No. 2 turn red on exposure to the air. It may therefore 
be supposed that the product turns reddish like the Getah Taban 
Merab, of the Malays (Pharm, Journ.) 
It will be. noticed that the native names are all Malay, not Pa- . 
puan words and consequently would be received with suspicion. 
Prom that time nothing more was heard of Papuan Gutta Percha 
for some years, though I was shewn in Singapore some three or 
four years ago a sample of first class Gutta percha said to have 
been obtained in New Guinea. The distribution of the true Gutta 
producing trees is so limited that to find some in New Guinea was 
quite unexpected. Gutta percha of a kind occurs as far north as Siam 
and here and there among the further islands of the Archipelago, 
but it is practically worthless. The Malay peninsula, Sumatra 
Borneo and the Islands just around are the home of the true 
laban Merah. I have just received however a letter from Mr. R, 
Schlechter, from German New Guinea who states that lie has just 
discovered any quantity of a new species which is allied to Di- 
chopsis Gutta and produces a Gutta exactly like Getah Taban 
Merah in every respect. This important discovery coming just 
now when the supply of this product is far below the demand may 
prove a great stimulus in opening up this most troublesome and 
difficult country. 
Circular to Employers of Indian Labour. 
The following circular will be read with interest by many plant- 
ers and other employers of labour in the Straits. 
The following correspondence regarding the prosecution by the 
Superintendent, Straits Emigration Depot, of certain police and 
boatmen in Negapatam for extorting money from Kanganies and 
coolies is circulated for the information of Employers of Labour. 
2. The attention of Employers of Labour is invited to the latter 
part of paragraph 6 of Dr. Foston’s letter No. 1 10/02 of the 1 8th 
February, 1902. 
D. II. WISE, 
Secretary to Resident-General , F.M.H. 
Resident-Generai s Office, 5th March, 1902. 
S.S. Emigration Office, 
Negapatam , iSth February, igo2. 
The Resident-General, 
Federated Malay States, 
Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. 
Sir, — On the 25th November, 1901, Kangany Kadirvalu, belong- 
ing to Damansara Estate, Selangor, brought ten coolies and one 
minor and applied to me for aided tickets. The minor, a lad of 
ten years, told me he was going across with the knowledge and 
consent of his parents. 
