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place from the Marquesas and the Tuamotus 

 Archipelago : one single island, Anaa, having been 

 said to possess more than seven millions of the palms. 

 While estimates are frequently made of the total 

 cultivated area throughout the world, these are 

 necessarily approximate, it being obviously difficult 

 to determine the exact statistical position, which 

 is constantly varying. Then, of course, there are 

 the vast tracts of land in different countries where 

 the coconut grows wild in quantities that can 

 scarcely be ascertained and are not included in 

 these estimates. But we think that the following 

 figures, supplied by the officials of the Eastern Palm 

 Estates and Trading Syndicate, Ltd., will be found 

 approximately correct : 



Acres. 

 380,000 



370,000 

 800,000 



British India and Dependencies ... 



Central America 



Ceylon 



Eastern Archipelago, including 

 Philippines, New Guinea, and 

 Straits Settlements 



Java and Sumatra 



Mauritius, Madagascar, Zanzibar, 

 Seychelles, and Reunion 



Pacific Islands, including Fiji and 

 New Caledonia 



Siam and Cochin China ... 



South America 



West Indies 110,000 



West and East Africa 100,000 



Nuta. 

 1,400,000,000 



300,000,000 



2,200,000,000 



* 



Total 



2,000,000,000 ' 

 500,000,000 v- 



50,000,000 



350,000,000 \ 

 100,000,000 

 700,000,000 - 

 125,000,000 

 150,000,000 > 



3,240,000 7,875,000,000 



260,000 

 220,000 



130,000 



270,000 

 100,000 

 500,000 



