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Penang Hill are making very satisfactory growth, and I am in hope of Its proving well 
adapted foi cultivation on mountains and high lands generally. 
Ben Oil Iree ( Moringa pterogysperma ) is everywhere cultivated in the Straits 
tor its leaves and roots, which are used as vegetables, but apparently no attempt has 
been made to manufacture oil from the tree. 
k Ay u Put EH Oil ( Melaleuca leucodendr on) .—Whole forests of this tree exist in 
Malacca, but little attention seems to be given to the manufacture of oil from the plant 
as is done elsewhere. The tree yields many useful produce, but oil may be looked 
upon as the_ most valuable, and it could, no doubt, be extracted from it at a rate 
which would give a good margin of profit. 
OiNGELLY Oil (Sesamum indicum ) grows wild all over the country, and bears 
abundance of seed from which oil might be profitably extracted. .The seed contains 
50% of oil, and some three crops a year may be had. The oil is used for soap-making, 
m . perfumery, and to adulterate almond oil, which it much resembles. In India one 
million acres is said to be under cultivation of Sesamum. - 
Wood Oil (Dlp.terocarpus spp.) At present wood oil in paying quantity is ob- 
tained only from primeval forest. I would however suggest that indigenous trees yielding 
wood oil and gutta percha be planted for pepper supports. The time they will require 
to make supports will be about seven years, at which date the temporary supports (Dadup 
or deadwood) could be removed. Acting on this principle, a time would arrive when 
the supports would become a source of considerable revenue, probably greater that the 
pepper crop, whereas at present they are generally a source of trouble and expense. 
FRUITS. 
PEACH (Amygdalus persica). — The successful acclimatization of the peach tree in 
the Straits is a work of the Forest Department which has already borne fruit, and very 
excellent fruit too ; the trees have now borne three crops in succession, which shews 
that they are in earnest, and it is not too much to hope that, when the tree o-ets 
widely distributed among Chinese cultivators, peaches will become a common fruit 
in the bazaars of the colony. 
Apple (Pyrus mains) . — Very good apples have been producd by the plants 
introduced from Sydney. 1 did not attach much importance to the first crop, as 
plants with fruiting branches (buds) ripened before their arrival will generally produce 
a first crop, but that the plants are now producing good fruits from Colonial ripened 
wood shews that they have adapted themselves to the altered circumstances of climate. 
COCOA Plum {Chrysobalanus icaco ). — The cocoa plum of the West Indies came 
into bearing’ during the year for ,'he first time in the Straits, The plants were received 
originally from Kew. On bein b removed from their pots and planted in the open 
ground they grew with great rapidity, and when about six feet in height came into 
fruit which they have ripened in fair quantity. 
Pine-Apple ( Ananassa saliva). — The following pine-apple plants have been col- 
lected from various sources and are now growing in the Experimental Nursery, viz. : — 
Black Jamaica, Cayenne, Queen, Mauritius and New Providence. It is unfortunate 
that of all those just named the Mauritius, a very inferior kind, is the only one extensively 
cultivated here ; time only will work a change. I would here mention that the profitable 
introduction of a new product (fruit or vegetable) into a Chinese bazaar is a more 
difficult thing than most people imagine, the Oriental taste once educated to a certain 
thing, even though an inferior article, is clung to with a persistence truly remarkable. 
I would observe further that the pine-apple everywhere known here under the 
name “ Mauritius ” is not known in that colony, and that the sugar-cane known in 
Mauritius under the name of (< Penang ” is not found here. 
Lime Berries (Triphasia trifoliafa) — The fruit of this plant is preserved in 
Manila and sent to the London market. The plant produces fruit here in great 
plenty, and will no doubt be found topay here as well as in Manila. 
Bread Nut ( Brosimum alicastrum) , and Brazil-Nut ( Bertholetia excelsa ). — 
These plants continue to grow with unabated vigour, the first planted are now about 
twelve feet in height, and I have hopes of their- producing useful fruit in the Colony. 
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