SIR WM. LEVER'S 



FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



AT Mr. Hamel Smith's request I take the 

 opportunity offered by the issue of the second 

 edition of this book to say a few words on the 

 work it has done and the criticisms it has 

 evoked. Under the first heading, judging 

 from the lengthy reviews it has called forth, 

 especially those of Mr. Bevan in the Ctylon 

 Observer, there is no doubt that the book has 

 attracted the attention of the planting world to 

 what might be called the " side lines" or allied 

 industries that can be evolved on large estates 

 say of 5,000 acres and upwards if well 

 managed. Partly on account of this, and of 

 the book generally, the financial world has 

 viewed the coco-nut planting industry generally 

 as a much more favourable channel for invest- 

 ment than was the case twelve or eighteen 

 months back, and the success of the first edition 

 and the publication of a second issue will 

 further encourage such attention to. the 

 "Cult of the Coco-nut," an attention that 

 will be as beneficial to the Tropics as it will 

 prove advantageous to the wage-earners and 

 food consumers over here. 



