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REPORT ON A SAMPLE OF COTTON GROWN IN THE 
GOVERNMENT GARDENS, KUALA 
KANGSAR, PERAK. 
Secretary, Manchester Chamber of Commerce, to Royal 
Botanical Gardens, Kew. 
Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, 
5 j 7 z December , / poj . 
Yours of jot k November 
DEAR SIR —I have obtained the report of a competent expert 
upon the sample of cotton referred to in your letter. 
The staple or fibre is described as too short for Sea Island. It 
is classed, without reference to its origin, as equivalent to “ Fully 
Good Middling American’’ and as being worth in the market yes- 
terday jd. to 7JA per lb. 
The staple is further described as rough, coarse and very wash /' 
By u very wasty ” the expert means that in the processes prepara- 
tory to spinning this cotton would lose an inordinate amount of 
fibre as waste, fit only for the spinning of low counts ot yarn. 
Faithfully yours, 
ELIJAH HELM, 
Secret ar i\ 
United Planters' Association, f.m.s. 
jth February , 11)04. 
Sir,— In continuation of my letter dated 22nd December, 1903, 
re cotton cultivation in the F.M.S. , I have the honour to enclose 
you copies of what each member of the L nited Planters Associa- 
tion Committee has written on the subject. 
I have, etc., 
W. W. BAILEY, 
Chairman , United Planters' Assoc ation. 
A. R. Venning, Esq., 
Federal Secretary, F.M.S. 
Views of the United Planters’ Association Committee. 
I consider that Mr. STANLEY Arden’s suggestions are good and 
feasible, and should be put into effect ; but instead of the small 
areas which he speaks of being opened out, I consider that larger 
blocks of, say, 50 acres be planted. Places with a dry climate 
should be first selected, such as Port Dickson, etc.— V. R. WickWAr. 
I think Mr. STANLEY Arden’s alternative plan the soundest. 
Mr. C. B. Nissen (formerly planting in Klang), who has lately 
