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sociation of India-rubber Manufacturers, and that questions which 
may arise from time to time be freely discussed between the two 
Associations, and I am confident that any help which the India- 
rubber Manufacturers’ Association could give, in this way, to rub- 
ber planting would be freely at the disposal of the United Planters’ 
Association. The following is the name and address of the Secre- 
tary of the Association. 
F. B. KNOTT, Esq., a.s.a.a. 
2, Cooper Street , Manchester. 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MALAY PENINSULA IN LONDON. 
36. At present there is considerable activity shown in London 
amongst controllers of capital in rubber planting in Ceylon and 
the Malay Peninsula, and every sign of still further advance in this 
direction. From the point of view of the future interests of the 
industry and the permanent welfare of this country, the greatest 
encouragement should be shown to capitalists who intend to 
actually open up country and plant, rather than make profit by 
company promotion. In this connection there is an unexpected 
difficulty in obtaining information in London about the Malay 
States, and the conditions under which land can be acquired, held, 
and utilised, for planting. This acts as a distinct check to that 
class of investor which is most to be encouraged. Cases of this 
came under my personal notice; copies of the Land Acts and 
Ordinances of the Malay States and of the rules under these Acts 
could only be obtained as a favour from the Colonial Office ; con- 
ditions of labour supply and all details connected with the manner 
and cost of opening, and development of an estate at the present 
date, are difficult to obtain by the investing public, and steps might 
with • advantage to this country be taken towards supplying the 
want, by the establishment of an office in London supplied with 
quite "ecent and reliable information on all matters relating to 
planting and agriculture in the Malay Peninsula. 
P. J. BURGESS, m.a., F.c.s,, 
Government Analyst , Singapore . 
WATER AND ITS RELATION TO PLANT LIFE. 
{Continued from page 364.) 
Many and varied are the contrivances that regulate the passage of 
water through the plant, and while the structure of many plants 
favours the exit of the water that has been absorbed by the roots, 
others have developed various devices for reducing this loss to a 
minimum. 
Those plants which have developed contrivances for expediting 
the exit of water, are known as iiygrophytes, and are especially 
characteristic of hot moist regions : as a rule, they have a weakly 
developed root system, and are provided with an abundance of 
