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Borneo Camphor. 
Investigations are also being carried on with Dryo- 
balanops C amphora, of the Natural Order Dipterocarf tie, 
commonly known as the Borneo or Sumatra camphor tree, 
from which the valuable so called Borneo Camphor is ob- 
tained. 
This tree does not yield the true “camphor” known in 
commerce but a closely related confound known as Borneo). 
The oil and “camphor” has not hitherto bee.n an article 
of commerce at home but is chiefly used by various Eastern 
nations for ritualistic purposes and foi; embalming. No 
very detailed chemical examination of the oil has so far 
been carried out, owing to the scarcity of the oil. The oil 
bas b(?en obtained previously by distillation of the wood 
(age!) and by tapping the trunks. 
The crystals of “camphor” can often be seen in 
cavities in the wood. 
According to Watts “Commercial products of India” 
1908, this camphor is valued by the Chinese at 40 to 80 times 
that of ordinary camphor. An average tree (age!) is 
said to yield 11 lbs., the older trees being the most valuable, 
while only some 10 per cent of the trees destroyed are 
really remunerative. 
Experiments are being carried on at present with the 
primings from trees nine years old cultivated in the Ex- 
perimental Plantation, Kuala Lumpur. 
J. W. Campbell, 
Supt. Exp. Plantation. F. M. S. 
B. J. Eaton, 
Government Chemist, F. M. S. 
PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES, 
DURING 1908. 
We take the following notes from the Resident 
General's Annual Report for 1908. 
* r ©port for 1908 the Director of Agriculture 
(Mr. J. B. Carruthers) puts the agricultural acreage of the 
I edeiated Malay States at 319,722 acres which he divides 
among the several States as under: — 
