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“That for a second offence no excuse shall be expected by the 
Inspector. 
“ That the burying of uprooted trees should not under any cir- 
cumstances be allowed, the Enactment being amended, if necessary 
to provide against this. 
“That the Inspector should pay special attention to the enforce- 
ment of section 6 of the Enactment with respect to the breeding 
places of beetles. 
“That all other palms which are infested by the coconut beetle 
shall be deemed lo be ‘breeding places' within the meaning of the 
Enactment and dealt with accordingly.” 
It was agreed to alter the draft resolution and to insert the word 
European before Inspector. 
The Chairman said he was in a position to state that the High 
Commissioner had interested himself in the matte 1 * and it was satis- 
factory to know that he had his sympathy. As regards the breeding 
places of the beetle he considered that all rubbish heaps, serdang, 
and sago trees where the beetles are known to breed should be 
treated as such, and that uprooted trees should on no account be 
buried. 
There seemed to be no complaint of beetle in either Negri Sem 
bilan or Perak, and he thought that vvh n the Enactment was pro- 
perly carried out Selangor would also be free from them. 
Mr. MEIKLE said that he concurred entirely with what the Chair- 
man had said, but if the matter was not taken in hand at once he 
was afraid that coconut cultivation would be impossible. He went 
over an estate a few days previously which was covered with dead 
serdang and other palms in which the beetle breeds, but the coconut 
trees showed no signs whatever of being attacked, proving that 'J 
the pest is taken in hand at once there need be no fear of the beetle 
attacks becoming dangerous. 
Meeting terminated at 1. 30 p.m. 
For the Committee, 
HERBERT M. DARBY, 
Hon. Secretary , U. P. A., F.M.S. 
A LARGE INDIAN MELON. 
A very fine fruit of the Indian Melon ( Cucumis melo var momor- 
dica) was grown at Government House, Singapore, in sandy soil. 
It was dark green mottled with lighter colour, and weighed sixteen 
pounds and a-half with a length of 2 feet 3 inches and a circum- 
ference at the broadest end of 1 foot 10 inches. It had not much 
flavour but is said to be very wholesome and is an important article 
of food in India. 
II. N. R. 
