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 An account of THE CULTIVATION OF RICE IN MALACCA.

The following account of the method of rice cultivation in the territory of Malacca was written in 1893, by Inche Muhammad Ja'far, Malay Writer in the Resident Councillor's Office, at the request of Mr. E. M. Merewether, who has contributed it to this Journal.

For the translation the sole responsibility rests with me, but I am indebted for the interpretation of certain words and phrases to the kind assistance of Mr. H. T. Haughton and the author.

The Notes (except such as are enclosed in square brackets) are part of the original, but to their English renderings the same remarks apply.

C. O. BLAGDEN.