Abstract
THE Research Institute of the Forestry Department of the Federated Malay States has now been in existence for some years and is carrying out investigations of varying types which should have considerable importance for the improvement of the forests of the country. The Institute is organized on the lines of the Imperial Forest Institute at Dehra Dun in India, the branches consisting of sylviculture, botanical, wood technology, timber mechanics, seasoning, preservation and durability of timbers and entomology. Chemical investigations affecting forestry are undertaken by the Chemical Division of the Department of Agriculture, a grant being made by the Forest Department for this purpose. The Institute works in collaboration with Princes Risborough and also with the Malayan Railway Department and with the Civil Engineer, H.M. Naval Base, Singapore. The Forest Botanist, whilst on leave, spent some time working on a collection of Malayan specimens at Kew, where, by the courtesy of the director, he was accorded assistance by the Kew Herbarium staff. An item of botanical interest is mentioned in the annual report for 1936 (Forest Research Institute, Kepong, 1936) referring to the Gunong Tahan Expedition. The collection made includes 144 numbers, mainly from the open padang of the mountain tops. Although this collection has not yet been completely worked through, it is said that “it is evident that, though it contains very little that is new, it includes some nice material of rare species known only from this locality, e.g. Agathis flavescens, Ridl. and Gentiana malayana Ridl."
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Forestry Research in Malaya. Nature 140, 1091 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401091c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1401091c0