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coconut industry in Malaya, it may be of 

 interest to mention that the last mail from the 

 East brought news that the Government con- 

 templates bringing in an enactment forthwith 

 for securing to the Malays their interests in 

 land, and the objects and reasons of the Bill 

 now before the Federal Council are set out as 

 follows : 



" ' The object of this draft is to prevent the 

 passing of Malay land holdings into the posses- 

 sion of foreigners. The reason for such legisla- 

 tion is found in the recently increased demand 

 for agricultural land in the Federated Malay 

 States, and the temptations thus held out to 

 Malay landowners to dispose of their lands con- 

 trary to what the Government believes to be 

 their best interests.' 



" The note of warning I gave in my first 

 article was to this effect." 



H. L. 0. 



