100 



COCONUT CULTIVATION 



Trade of 



Straits Settlements in 1911 ... 

 Federated Malay States in 1911 



Total imports. 



46,437,349 



7,761,904 



54,199,253 



Straits Settlements in 1912... 52,504,551 

 Federated Malay States in 1912 8,880,979 



61,385,530 



Total exports. 



39,887,146 



13,562,774 



53,449,920 



43,765,022 

 18,080,323 



61,845,345 



Population of 



British Malaya 



Straits Settlements 



Federated Malay States . . . 

 Unfederated Malay States ... 



2,651,036 * 

 714,069 



1,036,999 

 899,968 



RAINFALL QUANTITY OF WATER PER ACRE. 

 = 3630 cubic feet. 



1 inch in depth rainfall per acre 



= 22622-523 imp. gallons. 

 = 101-28 tons. 



or 



1 inch rainfall in 24 hours = 2-52 cubic feet per minute. 



SOILS ABSORPTION OF MOISTURE FROM THE AIR. 



Sandy clay ... 26 tons per acre = 0-256 inches of rainfall. 



Loamy clay ... 30 =0-296 



Stiff clay ... 36 =0-355 



Garden mou Id ) AK 



or nurseries } 45 " = * 444 



SPACE OCCUPIED BY ONE TON OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS. 



1 Shipping Ton Merchandise 40 c. feet. 



1 Shipping Ton Timber 42 c. feet. 



1 Ton displacement of a Ship ... ... 35 c. feet. 



1 Ton Water for Ships 210 gals. 



1 Ton Welsh Coal 40 c. feet. 



1 Ton Newcastle Coal . . 43 c. feet. 



* White population about 1 per cent. 



