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No.4535/15 
Govt* Secretary's Office 
Georgetown 4 Semer&ra 
5th. March 1?II4 
S'* y * 
In reply to your letter N<\.C>Agents 88S5/X91S of the 
10th January last,I ar* directed to say that ^our Oovemnent 
vill fee duly informed an desired of the percentage of Kevea 
hrasiliennis despatched from the Singapore Botanic farter 
for this oolony last year. 
3 . 
As regards the amount of moisture in the charre* 
rice hush used for packing seeds i the Director of Science 
and Apriculture reports that 1§# to 12# of moisture was the 
rate decided upon in i$o? at a personal interview with 
Mr.Hi41 ey,the foraer Director of Sardens* 
3. I am to explain that the word M char coal” used in the 
letter from this Department No.4535 dated the XSth November 
1*13,was used in its chemical sense-charred rice husk chemi¬ 
cally speaking he I up charcoal. 
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The Hon* Ool.Sec 
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