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The seeds in tin No. 1 were packed in Burnt Padi Husk 
the material which, we find most successful for packing 
Para Rubber seeds and it is interesting to note that in the 
case of the Durian seeds it totally failed to preserve them. 
The packing material employed for tins No. 2 and 5, name- 
ly fine Wood-wool and thoroughly dried Moss dust gave the 
best result whilst tin No. 8 in which no packing whatever 
was used was the most satisfactory of all. 
A later consignment of several hundreds of seeds to 
the same Department in Southern Nigeria packed in 
powdered charcoal arrived in very bad condition. 
Our observations lead us to believe that the most suc- 
cessful method to adopt is to first carefully clean all pulpy 
matter from the seeds and after thoroughly drying them in 
the sun for two or three days, pack them in tins sufficiently 
large to hold fifty seeds. The lids of the tins should not 
be soldered down aqd stout canvas should be used as a 
covering. 
The method applies to all seeds of a like nature such as 
Mangosteen, etc., etc., packing large quantities of seeds to- 
gether should be avoided as they quickly heat in bulk. 
T. W. Math. 
Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 
MEMORANDUM ON ‘ SESAMUM ’ CULTIVATION 
IN KRIAN, PERAK. 
By R. G. Palmer of Brieh Estate. 
I have been making experiments on Brieh Estate with 
the cultivation of Sesamum (Gingellv or Til) in which Mr. 
Lee- Warner when Collector of Land Revenue in Krian — 
was much interested, with a view of its possibilities as a 
rotation crop for Padi in the Krian Irrigation area. 
The soil in most of the Krian mukirns, where not too 
low lying, appears to be well adapted for the cultivation of 
this valuable product. Most of the seed cropped by me has 
been superior to the seed I originally planted and which 
was imported from India. 
If the Malays could be induced to plant Sesamum. for 
which there is a large demand in Europe — principally from 
Marseilles, there can be no doubt that they would find it a 
profitable occupation. 
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