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stability and ambition new fields must be found. 

 Planting attracts them because of its open-air 

 life, its constant and varied occupation ; in 

 leisure moments, excellent shooting, and, in 

 due course, splendid returns on their outlay. 



THE INVESTMENT AND ITS SECURITY 



"If only capital could be found for these 

 waiting men a great impetus would be given 

 to one of the biggest industries the world will 

 ever see, and the enterprising financiers would 

 have a new field for their energies and security 

 for their investment. The natural question 

 arises, How would a financier be secured? 

 Well, to start with, a young man taking up 

 the coconut industry would require to find some 

 cash himself, and in his own interests as well 

 as of those who are subsequently to help him, 

 his capital should be the initial outlay, or cost 

 of the first year's development ; in the succeed- 

 ing years he would expect financial assistance. 

 We will assume that 500 acres are to be put 

 under coconut cultivation. 



ESTIMATE 



" The cost in the first year for land, felling, 

 clearing, planting, and buildings would be about 

 4,500 : in the second, third, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth years, 1,500 each = 7,500 ; total, 12,000. 



" Therefore, at the end of the sixth year, the 

 young planter will have invested 4,500, and 

 have received financial support for 7,500, the 



