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Sir, 
With reference tc ny letter No.2510/5345 of the 34th 
April 1913 covering an Indent on the Government of the 
Straits Settlement for the supply of 15C,r08 Para rubber 
seeds and your reply thereto No*MS* of the 13th Aprril 
It 12 I no 1 ? have the honour to report that the germina¬ 
tion results have not been quite as satisfactory as in 
former years. 
3£.- The results are as follows 
Data ef :':*3C3ijit 
1913 
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No.of No.of 
seed3 seeds 
received germina¬ 
ted. 
Percentage 
of germination 
October 24 
7,844 
4 , 278 
54,5 
November 7 
26.47C6 
12,96G 
€2,7 
November 21 
€3,65t 
48,176 
75,7 
December 2 
7,935 
5,799 
74.6 
December 5 
51,813 
24,451 
47,2 
Total 
151,927 
95 f *56 
62,9 
The seeds received on December 2nd were part of the 
shipment the bulk of which care to hand on November 21st. 
These 3eeds were left by the Postal Authorities at Trinid 
and hence were elven days longer than necessary in tran¬ 
sit. 
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In every case the packing was all that could be &e- 
sired,hence the lower average rate of germination appears 
to have been due to defects latent in the seeds when 
packed.Th.e3e defects may have been caused by the pro¬ 
longed droughts which affected many parts of the tropics 
in 1»U and 1*13, 
n-'-Y-u 
