found in the scrap heap. Then and not till then will Ramie, Rhea 
or China grass get the chance that it has been denied. When this 
comes to pass it will revolutionize the industrial affairs of the Empire 
and bring untold wealth to Eastern climes. In this prosperity 
your favoured locality will largely share. 
I am &c., 
JAMES ANDERSON. 
Arbroath, Scotland. 
P.S . — With a simple machine that can be got here for about £2 
two men could easily remove not less than 200 lbs. a day of fibre 
from dry stems. Any patent machine driven by steam needing the 
attention of two men and only turning out say one cwt. a day is a 
costly farce. 
TAPPING PARA IN NORTH BORNEO. 
In a letter to the Editor, dated September 8th, 1902, Mr. G. J. 
Altman, the General Manager of the North Borneo Trading Co., 
Ltd , writes as follows : — 
The following may prove of interest to you with regard to time 
for tapping. 
I tapped a large healthy tree at 49. m. The following morning, 
I found that the latex had coagulated directly it came into contact 
with the atmosphere and had not flowed even down the vertical 
groove. I finely sliced the incisions and on inspection at 3 p. m. 
found the sap had been flowing freely into receptacle placed at foot 
of tree. . . 
The grooves were made obliquely into a vertical groove about 4 
in. to | in. wide. The widening process the next morning was of 
the lightest, the edges of the incisions being scraped rather than 
sliced. Weather was fine, no rain. 
GUAVA JELLY 
100 Guavas. 
2 Catties sugar. 
| of a tea-cupful of lime juice. 
Wash the guavas cut off the tops, and slice them ; and as you 
slice put them in water, then take them out, and put them into a 
pans add 8 tea-cupfuls of water, and boil; when well boiled strain 
them through a coarse duster, add the sugar, and boil till all the 
sugar melts, strain again, wash the pan, put in the juice and boil 
till it gets quite thick, then add the lime juice, and the boil till it 
will harden in cold water. 
Then put into tins and skrim off the froth which rises. 
Mrs. GUNN, 
