172 THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



This area of 685,000 acres is distributed as follows : 



Acres. 



1. Federated Malay States 408,000 



2. Malacca 110,000 



3. Province Wellesley and Penang ... 25,000 



4. Kedah 10,000 



5. Kelantan 15,000 



6. Johore 100,000 



7. Singapore 15,000 



8. Trengganu 2,000 



685,000 



In April, 1912, the Director of Agriculture for the 

 Federated Malay States published a statement that the 

 total area under cultivation with rubber in the Malay 

 Peninsula was 621,000 acres, exclusive of all holdings 

 of less than 100 acres in extent. If due allowance is 

 made for these small estates and for the expansion in 

 1913, this statement tallies with the figures now given. 



The area of 112,000 acres planted in 1912 was as 

 follows : 



Acres. 



1. Federated Malay States 55,ooo 



2. Johore 18,000 



3. Malacca 17,000 



4. Kelantan 10,000 



5. Kedah 5,000 



6. Singapore 5,ooo 



7. Province Wellesley and Penang ... 2,000 



112,000 



Apart from the 685,000 acres now under cultiva- 

 tion, an area of 400,000 acres has been alienated under 

 permanent title in the Federated Malay States for 

 planting, and of this about two-thirds, or 260,000 acres, 

 is available for rubber cultivation, and the remaining 



