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7- The tree cotton ( Gossypiuni Arbor eum) is cultivated to a 
limited extent in Negri Sembilan and elsewhere, but the staple of 
this is too short to be of use to the spinners, and need not therefore 
be taken into consideration, 
I have, etc., 
STANLEY ARDEN, 
Superintendent , Experimental Plantations. 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. 
South Kensington , London , S. W. 
Report on a sample of cotton from the Federated Malay States, 
by Professor Wyndham R. Dunstan, m. a. f. r. s., Director, 
Ref. No, 8,165. 
In connection with the general enquiry which is being carried on 
at the Imperial Institute with reference to cotton growing in the 
various British Colonies and Dependencies, a letter, dated the 13th 
July, 1904, was addressed to the High Commissioner of the Federated 
Malay States, asking for information with regard to the prospects 
of cotton cultivation in these States and also for representative 
samples of the products. 
2. In reply, a letter dated the 9th September, 1904, was received 
from the High Commissioner, in which it was stated that a sample 
of Egyptian cotton grown in the Federated Malay States was being 
forwarded to the Imperial Institute for valuation and report. This 
letter was accompanied by a copy of a report by Mr. Stanley 
Arden, Superintendent, Experimental Plantations, Selangor, dated 
the 30th August;, 1904, and also by some printed correspondence 
containing the opinions and experience of planters and others on 
tfcf* subject of cotton growing in the Federated Malay States. 
The samples of cotton were received in due course at the Imperial 
Institute, with a tetter from the Superintendent of Experimental 
Plantations, dated the 26th October, f’904, which states that the cot- 
ton had been grown from Egyptian seed in the Government Ex- 
perimental Plantations, Batu 1 iga, Selangor. 
The samples have been examined in the Scientific and Technical 
Department of the Imperial Institute and the commercial value of 
the cotton has been ascertained by reference to experts. Sample 
No. I was labelled “ Egyptian Cotton/' (Hand-ginned) and consisted 
of about 4 ozs . of brownish cotton of somewhat uneven colour and 
good average strength. On comparing this material with a standard 
brown Egyptian cotton, it was found to be slightly inferior in colour 
fineness, softness, and lustre, but was of good length varying from 
1.2 to 1.5 inches. Sample No. 2 was labelled “Egyptian Cotton” 
and consisted about 8 ozs. of unginned cotton of apparently the 
same growth as Sample No. 1. The seeds were smooth and dark 
brown in colour, the fibre was easily detached from the seeds and 
possessed the characters already described. 
