^20 



refuse of the tapioca industry. Malacca used to have ' ampas' to 

 spare, but now there is a small import of it, which is paid for through 

 the higher price which pigs fetch in the local market. The rise in 

 the price of porl< in Malacca town has been about 43 per cent. 



The following table gives the excess value of 'ampas ' of either 

 exports over imports or imports over exports, for the last five years. 



Tapioca Refuse by Value. 



E.rcesn Imports 

 over Exports. 



$187 



Gambler has not shown the same tendency to go down in area as 

 has tapioca ; on the contrary though many companies have been 

 using it as a catch crop, and are talking about removing it, its area 

 has been relatively steady. The excess exports over imports for 

 the last five years have been as follows : — 



23,106 pikuls (133.3 lbs.) 



1939 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



23.365 

 20,227 

 20,983 

 20,060 



It is stated that expert labour for the boiling it is now difficult to 

 obtain, and that fuel for the purpose is not so conveniently handy as 

 it was : moreover the price is falling. The price of gambler declared 

 in Malacca for export has been on the average 



$12.33 per pikul (133.3 lbs.) 

 12.78 

 13-93 



1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



i3.53 

 10.29 



Coconuts have extended very little. They are so much grown 

 mixed with fruit trees, that no separate return is possible; and the 

 following figures are of the area under them, fruit-trees, pine-apples 

 and other garden crops : — 



36,588 acres. 



1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 



40,256 

 40.767 

 42,861 

 44,766 

 45,747 

 46,439 

 45,584 

 47,355 

 47.650 

 46,348 



