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THE year 1937 will stand out in the history of the Rubber Research Institute, Malaya, as it marks the beginning of a second decade of activity and was the occasion of the occupation of new premises. The purpose and recent work of the Institute are well described in an illustrated booklet and the annual report for 1936, both of which have recently been published (Kuala Lumpur: The Institute). Research work is carried out in four main divisions, botanical, pathological, chemical and soils respectively. Many of the investigations are necessarily made in the field, both at the Institute's Experimental Station and also on, and in co-operation with, a large number of estates throughout Malaya. Retrenchment of staff during the slump and a disastrous fire in 1936 seriously curtailed the activities of the Institute, but a period of expansion is now coming into being, and the rapid development of the advisory work is good evidence that this service is appreciated by estate owners and small-holders alike.
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The Rubber Research Institute, Malaya. Nature 140, 1093 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401093c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1401093c0