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pointed, to confer with and advise the Superintendent, and to render 
assistance in connection with work, which to him, as a comparative- 
ly recent arrival, may present some difficulties. \ our Committee 
feel very stronglv that the institution of this Experimental Planta- 
tion should prove of the greatest benefit to the cause of agriculture 
in this country and desire to express their recognition of the inten- 
tion of the Government to keep Federated Malaya well forward in 
the van of the British Colonies and Protected States which already 
possess similar institutions. 
Agricultural Bulletin.— A brief reference was made in the 
last Annual Report to the probability of an Agricultural Bulletin 
being shortlv published. The idea was very favourably received 
by the planting community throughout the Federated Malay States 
and a “band of contributors’’ was appointed consisting of Mr. 
CURTIS (Penang and Province Wellesley), Mr. Derry and Mr.W ray 
(Perak), Mr. Arden (Selangor), the Chief Forest Officer (Colony 
and Federated Malay States), and your Chairman. The Government 
of the Colony and the Federated Malay States each promised a 
grant of $300 per annum towards the expenses of publishing the 
Bulletin, the cost of which was fixed at $3 per annum, or 50 cents 
for a single copy, and the first number came out in October, since 
when there have been regular monthly issues. On the whole, your 
Committee think that the Bulletin has so far given satisfaction, but 
there is no denying that there is. plenty of room for improvement, 
both as regards proof-reading and printing, and in the quantity of 
the local reading matter. It is annoying and discouraging to con- 
tributors to find their articles mangled by the omission or careless 
misuse of punctuation and so forth, and 110 complaints on this score 
should have even been called for, but with regard to the local con- 
tributions of reading matter and specimens, it is obvious that the 
remedy lies largely in the hands of the readers of the Bulletin, and 
those who hoped to find in it a useful medium for the exchange of 
ideas upon subjects of interest to the agricultural community. 
The Government initiated the idea of the Bulletin, they have given 
it considerable financial assistance and have permitted the use of 
the Singapore Government Printing Office in its production. With 
the object of rendering every possible facility, the Post Office are 
carrying free of charge all contributions marked " Agricultural Bul- 
letin ” and addressed to your Chairman, upon whom moreover has 
been conferred the privilege of franking correspondence throughout 
the postal system of the Colony and the Federated Malay States. 
More the Government cannot do, and 'it now rests with every mem- 
ber f f the planting public to assist the Editor with material. Your 
Committee sincerely trust that this appeal for your support will 
meet with a generous response and that one and all will help in' the 
good cause. 
Agricultural Show. — The Resident-General in November last 
approached your Association with a view to ascertaining the opinion 
of the planting community as to the desirability of holding an agri- 
cultural show in the Federated Malay States during the current 
year. It was felt that the recent show in Penang, to which all 
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