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At the third session Mr. R. \V. Munro (Vice-President) took the 
Chair at 2.30 p.m., on the 26th April ; the audience numbered about 
120. The following papers were read and discussed : “ Cultivation 
and Manuring’ ” by Mr. A. P. X. Vesterdal, “ Cultivation, Drainage 
and Manuring " by Mr. F. G. Spring, and “ Rubber Seed Selection ” 
by Mr. A. H. Malet. A further paper on “ Seed Selection ” by 
Mr. J. McNicol was taken as read. 
The President again took the Chair at the fourth session (owing 1 
to the absence through illness of Mr. It. C. M. Kindersley, Chairman 
of the Planters’ Association of Malaya) at 9 a.m. on the 27th April, 
the attendance numbered about 150. Tlie following paoers were 
read : “ Leaf and Stem Diseases of Hevea ” by Mr. R, M. Richards, 
and u Clean Clearing and Root Diseases ” by Mr. W. N. 0. Belgrave. 
Owing to the absence of the writer through illness a paper on 
“ Clean Clearing Pest and Diseases ” by Mr. W. R. Shelton- Agar 
was taken as read. 
At 11.30 a.m., the Conference adjourned for half an hour. 
On resuming other papers were read as follow : “ Pests and 
Diseases of Coconuts ” by Mr. H. M. Richards, “ Termites ” by 
Mr. P. B. Richards, and “ Application of the Agricultural Pests 
Enactment” by Mr. F. W. South. 
Mr. F. G. Harvey ( Vice-President) took the Chair at the fifth 
session, which started at 2.30 p.m. cm the 27th April ; the audience 
numbering about the same as at the morning session. The following 
papers wei’e read : “ Thinning Out ” by Mr. T. J. Gumming, 
“Thinning Out” by Mr. E. W. King, “Factory Methods” by 
Mr. F. G. Souter, and “ Preparation of Raw Rubber ” by 
Mr. B. J. Eaton. 
The final session was held at 9 a.m, on the 28th Apx’il with the 
President in the Chair. The attendance was somewhat disappointing, 
there being only about 50 present, which included several numbers 
of the Agricultural Department. The following papers were read 
and discussed : “ Foodstuffs in Malaya ” by Mr. F. G. Spring, 
“ Cultivation of Liberian Coffee ” by Mr. R. W. Munro, “ Economic 
Products in Malaya ” by Mr. F. G. Spring, and “ Observations on 
Coconut Experiments ” by Mr. W. S. Cookson and Mr. G. E. Coombs, 
while, in the absence of the writer, Mr. I. H, Burkill’s paper on 
“ Food Crops in Malaya ” was taken as read. 
In publishing tlie proceedings of the Conference the papers will 
be grouped under the following headings: 
( a ) Rubber Cultivation ; 
( b ) Pests and Diseases; 
(c) Rubber Preparation ; Coconuts ; 
HEeVLTH and Sanitation; 
( d ) Minor Economic Products, 
