Cost of Making Copra 421 



anticipated that it would be possible to bring 

 it to the producing stage for 20 an acre. In 

 consequence, however, of the competition for 

 labour, &c., it might come to one or two pounds 

 more. In any case it seemed to him that it 

 would be possible for a matter of ^25 per 

 acre, inclusive of the purchase of the land, to 

 complete the work they had in hand. To have 

 successful clearings at ^"25 per acre in a good 

 situation, and with such a soil as they had in 

 the Bagan-Datoh district was, it seemed to 

 him, as good an investment as anyone could 

 wish to have." 



We include all these details because it con- 

 firms our estimate on p. 413 of 25 an acre, the 

 interest on which having to be included, such 

 an estimate must be arrived at before the 

 planter can place any reliance on the cost of 

 his copra. 



