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CHINA, Shanghai, Nov. 30, 1908. Rev. J.M.W. Farnham. Sends 
seeds of wood oil. 
COCHIN CHINA, Saigon, Nov. 12, 1908. Jacob JJ. Conner. Sends 
report regarding species of Dipterocarpus from which wood 
oil is obtained, methods of obtaining it and uses to which 
it is put. 
COLOMBIA, Cartagena. Isaac A. Manning, Deo. 18. Sends fruit 
of the Corozo palm and oil extracted from outer fruit and 
skin of the Corozo nut} also unidentified tubers used as a 
tonic and said to have valuable medicinal properties. 
JAVA, Buitenzorg, Nov. 24. Dr. Treub sends information re- 
garding the cultivation of doekoe (Lansium domesticum. ) 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Manila. Geo. P. Ahearn, Nov. 30, 1908. 
Sends report regarding mangrove trees for tanning. 
SPAIN, Gibraltar. W.S. Sprague, Dec. 28- 1908. Sends soil 
from cork woods. 
