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tion with experiments on treated samples of timber, that a few lines 
on the subject may be useful. 
The firm known as the Powell Wood Process Syndicate, has its 
head-quarters at Temple Bar House, 28, Fleet Street, London. The 
process does not consist of a paint or solution as a number of 
correspondents seem to think, but is a system of impregnation of (he 
timber by immersing it in a cold solution in open tanks gradually 
raised to boiling point and after being maintained at this tempera- 
ture fora certain time according to the density of the wood is cooled 
down, and the timber removed to a drying chamber till the wood is 
dry again. The process thus requires a certain amount of plant, 
though not of a very expensive nature; samples of wood sent to 
Australia, Malaya, Africa and India, for experiment have all justified 
the Immunity claimed by the Company for their process, which will 
probably be adopted by many timber users and dealers in the 
tropics. 
H. N. R. 
THE 44 BRITISH WORLD.” 
42, Old Broad Street, 
London, E. C. 
3< oth November, 1906. 
The Editor , 
Agricultural Bulletin, Singapore. 
Dear Sir, "With the idea of developing trade with the Mother- 
land, I am contemplating making a collection of the products of 
Greater Britain and I shall much appreciate it if you would kindly 
insert a short paragraph in two or three issues of your Paper stating 
that I shall be pleased to receive specimens (with a note as to where 
from and any information regarding the same) from your Readers of 
anything they are able to send me. I want samples, both vegetable 
and mineral, of not only such as q.re grown and obtainable at the 
present time but also of any new products that may come under 
their notice from time to time. 
In the hope that you may see your way to reciprocate, I take 
pleasure in sending you a copy of the British World , which 
you will notice is founded for the promotion of trade and intercourse 
between the States of the Empire, and always at your service this 
end whenever I can be of use to you. 
I have, etc. 
The Editor. 
The British World is a publication dealing with affairs of the 
various Colonies and with facts in the mother country bearing 
on the Colonies. It is founded for the promotion of Trade and 
