The feasibility of preservative treatment of golla cane [Daemonorops jenkinsiana (Griff.) Mart.], by soaking method was tested in the present study. Cane samples of 1 m, 2 m, and 3 m long were soaked with 10% borax and boric acid solution. The study revealed that adequate dry salt retention (DSR) in the above samples could be obtained in 3 days, 4 days, and 5 days respectively. The DSR values obtained were much higher than those of the specification (4 kgm^-3) of Indian Standard. Dry cane (12.87% me) samples up to 3 m to 4 m long could be treated easily within 5 days, but the same dimension of green cane (150% me) samples needed 8 days. DSR value of air-dried sample was about 6 times higher than that of the green samples.