COCONUT PLANTER'S MANUAL. 



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ESTIMATE FOR OPENING AND WORKING 200 ACRE ESTATE 

 FOR 10 YEARS. 



WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES. 



[For this revision of the estimate by Mr. Gerald Nicholas appear- 

 ing in the old edition of All about Coconuts" we are indebted to 

 Mr. A. Karl Reven of Franklands, Veyangoda.J 



This estimate gives full details of expenditure, year by year, for 

 ten years from the first clearing of the land, allows # interest on such 

 annual expenditure at 8 per cent, and shows that the aggregate outlay 

 is Rs. 115,910 plus interest Rs. 87,132, or a total of Rs. 203,042, 

 which gives Rs. 1,015 per acre ; or, deducting the receipts in nuts up 

 to the 10th year, Rs. 7<50 per acre. 



Estimate of Cost of Planting and Cultivating 200 Acres of 



Coconuts up to 10th Year, Showing also Probable 



Receipts for Same Period. 



Analysis of Estimated Expenditure. 



