Index 



627 



drought, 230 ; for laggards, 36 ; 

 for supplies, 420 ; for pestalozzia, 

 587 ; used in Cuba, 588 



Kakoon estate (Solomons), 491 



Kalahe, Galle (Ceylon), diseased 

 fronds at, 277 



Kalan estate (Solomons), 492 



Ka-moce (Casio, optucifolia) as 

 cover-crop in Fiji, 468 ; no use 

 as a fodder, 468 



Kapok,' or silk cotton, and coco- 

 nuts, 606 ; as dividing belt, 198, 

 199 ; how to cultivate it, soil, 

 rainfall, &c., 607, et seq, ; "In- 

 dustry," the, by Saleeby, 607 ; 

 oil, percentage in seed, 607 ; 

 planting, as regards the soil, 610 ; 

 planting, seeds v. cuttings, 609, 

 610; seeds best, 610 ; price of, 

 199, 326 ; seed v. floss, compara- 

 tive weight and value of, 607, 

 608 ; yields, 608, et seq. 



Karakatoa Island and earthquakes, 

 29 



Katana Agricultural Society 

 (Ceylon), 242 



Kaukau estate (Solomons), 489 



Kava as a catch-crop, 443 



Kawa, in Samoa, 119 



Kerosene emulsion, 267 



Khangani, the, 213 



Kilns for copra, disadvantages of, 

 138 



Kilwa (G.E.A.), 143 



King (or dwarf) coco-nuts (Nyor 

 gading) in the F.M.S., 595 



Kingani river (G.E.A.), 143 



Kionga (G.E.A.), 143 



Kirby, Mr., on Fiji stick insects, 

 484 



Kirivaula coco-nut plantation and 

 yields, 418; and its revenue, 419 



Knapsack sprayer (Weeks'), 581 



Knowles, Hon. C. H. (Fiji), 476 



Kuala Langat for seed-nuts, 184 



Kuala Selangor for seed-nuts, 184 



Labour and housing, 211 ; children 

 and light work, 213, 214, 215; 



comparative value of cheap and 

 dear, 411 ; cost in Solomons, 

 495 ; concentrate for planting 

 out, 210, 21 1 ; cost at Davao 

 (P. I.), 88; diet, 166 ; in British 

 North Borneo, 429 ; in Papua, 

 75, 76 ; in Philippines, 84 ; man- 

 agement, 163 ; needed per 1,000 

 trees, 88; races compared, 411, 

 417 ; utilize the weaker ones, 213 



Labourers and their families, 214 



Lagoon sites, 24 



Laguna (P. I.), the best coco-nut 

 district, 554 



Lakes for irrigation, 172 



Lalang, 1 1, 96, 1 60, 328; and 

 cattle, 129 ; and estate fires, 330 ; 

 cut by mowing machines, 129; 

 eradicated by ploughing, 129 ; 

 grass and ploughing, 161 ; legu- 

 minous crops, a cure for, 331 ; 

 v. catch-crops, 332 ; v. cover- 

 crops, 329 



Lamb, H. C. (P.L), on catch- 

 crops, 103 



Land, clearing and preparing the, 

 160; cost of, in Samoa, 448; in 

 British North Borneo, value of, 

 429 



Lands, beware of native laws, 148, 

 149 



Lapoc Plantation Co. (P.L), 83 



Large v. small estates, 2 ; pro- 

 ducers, 10 



Laying out estates, 195 ; locate 

 building sites first, 197 



Lazaan (P.L) and bud-rot, 225 



Leaf disease, 244 ; checks planting 

 in Fiji, 476 ; and spraying, 250 ; 

 at Vanua Levu, at Taviuni, and 

 at Viti Levu (Fiji), 476 ; broken 

 leaf-tips a characteristic, 249 ; 

 caused by bad cultivation, 246 ; 

 caused by miniature s,eed-nuts, 

 247 ; caused by Pestalozzia pal- 

 marutn, 247 ; caused by poor 

 soil, 252 ; cause of infection, 245 ; 

 continues after fall of the leaf, 

 244 ; encouraged by damp, 244 ; 



