223 



Villi 

 declai 



e of Pudi as 

 'd on e.ipm-t^ 



... $2.44 per pikiil. 

 ... 2.57 

 ... 2.66 

 2.29 

 2.29 

 ... 2.53 

 ... 3-53 

 ... 3-23 



The price of padi has been better than it used to be; and 

 the demand vastly increased, so that export has ceased to be greater 

 than import. Tliis is shown in the following" table : — 



Padi. 



Year. 



1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 I9II 

 I9I2 

 I913 



E.rcess of 



E.rports 



over 



Importa in 

 pikiils. 



20,617 

 32.473 

 23,309 

 17.492 

 10,606 

 4,193 



Excess of 



Imports 



over 



E.rjjorts in 

 pikul.i. 



E 



Exports 



over 



Imports i 



pikuh. 



Rice. 

 ess of Excess of 

 Imports 

 over 

 Exports in 



pikuls. 



— 251,612 

 ■— 250,587 



— 279,283 



— 261,017 



— 316,460 

 . — 382,844 



— 462,875 



— 436,362 



is not a crop in Malacca 

 that of rice, nor a crop so 



- 8,364 



- 3.831 

 In the opinion of the writer, there 



offering, more interest at present, than 

 deserving of whatever help can be given to it. It appears that 

 hollows in rubber estates, the clean weeding of which costs more than 

 the weeding of rubber land should, would be of greater use to the 

 state as store places for water for rice lands than cultivated and 

 under Hevea. The Malays of Malacca have tried no new crops. 



Singapore Island. 



The planting of fresh land in rubber continues in Singapore 

 island on a small scale, the area being returned at 34,960 acres. 

 1904 ... ... ... 78 acres. 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 



r9i2 

 1913 



1,110 



1,460 



4,190 



4-745 



7,600 



20,000 



29,150 



34,000 



34,960 



