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“The Chinese call it Loong Lun Ko, which means Dragon scale 
fruit. The “flower'" (perhaps the husk of the fruit) is boiled to 
provide a Cough mixture and the fruit is eaten as a sweetmeat." 
Editor. 
Hail in the Malay Peninsula. 
Kuala Lumpor, 
The Editor Forest Office, $th May , rgo4. 
The Agricultural Bulletin. 
Sir,— I notice in the March No. of your Bulletin some remarks 
upon Hail in UIu I.angat. 
It may be of some interest to you to know that on two occasions 
I have seen Hail in Perak. First in 1889, at Ipoh, when visiting 
the District and Mr. Grant Mackie was with me. It commenced 
hv a very heavy thunderstorm and heavy wind, after which it hailed 
for about 5 minutes. 
Second occasion was when I was Manager of Mr. DOUGLAS 
OSBORNE'S Coffee Estate in Gopeng, Kinta, Perak, in 1897. It com- 
menced in similar manner as above but only lasted for about 
one minute. 
Yours faithfully, 
Fred. Dennys. 
COTTON CULTIVATION. 
Jugra Estate, 
Selangor , May cjth, 1904. 
Dear Sir,— O n page 94 of the Bulletin you publish a Precis of 
Correspondence on the above subject, wherein I am credited with 
the assertion that “ the whole crop per acre would only pay one 
coolie for two months. ’’ 
My expei ience of the cultivation has been so limited, that l 
would not be justified in expressing such an opinion. 
lo the best of my recollection, some quotations from broker’s 
repoit and Javanese opinions, which appeared in my brother s 
original paper, have been my only contribution to the subject. 
I am. Yours very truly, 
T , Cyril E. S. Baxendale. 
Oie Editor' 
Agricultural Bulletin , 
Singapore. 
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