122 



COCONUT CULTIVATION 



From the sixth year the principal disburse- 

 ments are connected with general upkeep, 

 gathering, factory, and shipping expenses, the 

 totals of which appear in the following sum- 

 mary : 



COCONUTS SUMMARY. 



Expenditure from 



the 9th to the 12th 



year, in excess 



of Revenue. 



34,671 



32,441 



1,369 



1,108 



614 



112 



3,203 



At the end of the eighth year the expenditure 

 amounts to 14,940; from the ninth to the 

 twelfth year there is a further expenditure of 

 capital amounting to 3203 before the estate 

 becomes self-supporting. 



The actual working capital required for an 

 estate of 500 acres is 18,143, or 36 an acre. 



