INDEX 



Laboean Bilik, 235 



Labour-supply (Amazon Valley), 22, 

 30, 32, 33, 35. 39 ; no solu- 

 tion offered by State and 

 Federal Government, 51 ; 

 proposal to introduce Chinese 

 coolies, 51-2 ; recruiting- 

 ground for, 52, 54 ; how ob- 

 tained, 53 ; expense of ob- 

 taining, 53 ; unsatisfactory 

 conditions of, in Brazil, 54 ; 

 as opposed to Bolivia, 54 ; 

 relations between master and 

 man, 54 ; housing accommo- 

 dation, 55 ; lack of hygiene, 

 55 ; allotment of work, 56 ; 

 wages, 56-7; truck system, 

 57 ; women and children, 

 57-8 ; truck system and its 

 effects, 59-62 ; food-supplies, 

 62 ; skilful grading by un- 

 educated workmen, 101 ; 

 high rate of wages, 118 ; 

 comparison of, with Orient, 

 118, 122; sources of, 121-2 

 (Orient), sources of, 121 ; 



skilled, 121 ; shortage, 296 

 (Ceylon), payments for, 138; 

 sources of, 161, 162 ; wages, 

 161 ; working hours, 162 ; 

 food -supplies, 162 ; free 

 primary schools, 162 

 (Malay Peninsula), 187, 195 

 et seq. ; form of agreement 

 between employers and 

 Javanese labourers, 202 ; 

 Chinese, 206, 207 ; skilled, 

 209-10 ; housing, 216 ; food, 

 217 



(Sumatra), 231-2, 240, 248, 

 250 ; working hours, 248 ; 

 wages, 248, 249 

 (Java), 269, 277, 283 ; wages, 

 270, 279 ; bonus system, 

 270 ; no contract system in, 

 278 ; working hours, 279 



Labu Company, 219, 220, 222 



La Condamine, 2 



Lalang, 174, 187, 188, 189, 283 



Lanadron Company, 220 



Lancewood, 7 



Land, tax on sale of (Amazon Val- 



ley), 18 



Land tenure (Amazon Valley) : criti- 

 cism of, 15 ; classification of 

 titles, 15 ; survey, 16 ; boun- 

 daries, 1 6 ; value of realty 

 as negotiable security, 16; 

 uncertainty of, a drawback, 

 1 6 ; political considerations 

 affecting, 17 

 (Sumatra), 232 

 (Java), 266 



Langen, 261, 284, 285 

 | Lankat, 229, 233, 234, 235, 254 

 Lard, 62 



Latex (Amazon Valley) : not 

 strained, 92 ; crude methods 

 of preparation, 93 ; coagula- 

 tion in central factories, 93 ; 

 smoking process, advantages 

 of, 94 ; fumigating, 95 ; cyl- 

 inder system, 95, 96 

 (Ceylon), curing of, 143 ; pro- 

 portion of, to dry rubber, 

 159, 160 



Latex cups, 65, 75, 215 

 Lauderdale Estate, 219, 222 

 Leaf disease, Ceylon coffee planta- 

 tions devastated by, 129 

 Ledbury Company, 220 

 i Lembran9a estate, tapping tests at, 



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Lenggong, 179 



Light, effect of, on rubber-trees, 29, 



74, 153-4, 158, 236 

 Lima Poeloeh, 234 

 Limburg, 261, 262, 285 

 Lime, use of, in bark disease, 41 

 Lines, coolies' (Ceylon) : cost of 

 ' building, 135 ; description 



of, 162 

 (Malay Peninsula), 216; cost 



of building, 188, 216 

 (Sumatra), cost of building, 241 

 (Java), cost of building, 269 ; 

 Government regulations con- 

 cerning, 270 



Linggi, B., 182,208, 219, 220, 222 

 j Lipis, 179 



I Liverpool, cost of shipments to, 

 (Malay Peninsula), 224 



