THE COST OF A COCONUT ESTATE 



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350 tons of copra, at 21 per ton ... 

 Cost of making copra, 8 per ton . . . 

 Overseer 



200 tons of coir fibre, at 12 per ton 

 Cost of making coir fibre 



2,840 

 750 



7,350 



3,590 



2,400 

 550 



3,760 



1,850 



5,610 

 Less upkeep of plantations ... ... ... ... 2,100 



Net return in the sixth year 3,510 



In the seventh and succeeding years the expendi- 

 ture and returns would be : 



Spreading the whole of the outlay over these 

 ten years, the average annual return, before allow- 

 ing for administration, would therefore be just over 

 33 per cent. 



Moreover, copra being at present nearer 30 

 than 21 per ton, and likely to sustain its price, the 

 actual results to-day would be quite 100 per cent, 

 better than those in the above calculations. 



As regards Ceylon, the following is an estimate 

 furnished by Ferguson's Coconut Manual of the 



