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Department remains in abeyance except what may occasion- 
ally have to be done by the other seientihc officers. 
Changes in Staff. 
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transferred to Singapore nBBmwni v . " ~ ” 7 # -a*- td 
and his place was filled by the appointment of Mi. F. R. 
Long fronithe Kew staff. Mr Long has already toe good 
work both on the Hill and m the Taiping Guldens. e ^ 
m>w eno-ao’ed in laying out ornamental gardens for the town 
of Ip oh which promise from their situation on the bank 
of the river in the centre of the town to add considerably 
to the amenities of the mining capital. . * 
Mr G S Hope was appointed Assistant Inspector of 
Coconuts and stationed at Kuala Kangsar, being in charge 
of the coconut preservation work m reiak. 
Experiment Station. 
The work of the Experiment Station is detailed m the 
report bv Mr .1. W. Campbell, the Superintendent, Expen- 
®L t plantations. Some little time must elapse before any 
v! S o various experiments are obtained, but 
conclusive da e l 0 f time since the land was 
fohed cleared and laid out for experiments the progress 
is vlrV creditable. The land is all much poorer than jungle 
land taken up bv planters for rubber and other cultivations, 
!rf to some extent this may detract from the results off 
Pdued but the fact of its being at the same place as the 
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ideal officers to control and obseive the detail. 
various experiments, and this is a great advantage. The 
nurseries, in which many plants of economic interest are to 
JdantThave been visited teequentlyty planters and others; 
safe 
Statistics in Agriculture. 
The collection and compilation of the agricultural ^sta- 
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