Index 



635 



Planting and rocks, 25 ; and water 

 in the holes, 34 ; buy and plant 

 20 per cent, more, 178 ; distances, 

 65> 93, 97, 99, H3> i59> 292, 

 333> 439. 462 ; in Papuan nur- 

 series, 461 ; distances discussed, 

 291, 292; distances in Samoa, 

 127 ; distances for rubber in 

 Solomons, 492, 493 ; rilling the 

 holes 34 ; in avenues, 102 ; in 

 Papua, cost of, 79; in P. I., a 

 good plan for, 100 ; and distance 

 apart, 185 ; ordinances in Samoa, 

 437 ; trees with explosives, a year 

 saved, 5 r 3> e ^ se y- > nurseries z>. 

 at stake, 131, 132 



Planting estimates, F.M.S., 5-7; 

 Micronesia, G.E.A., 9; Papua 

 (British), 79, 80; Philippines, 

 87, 89, 91, 95-98; Trinidad, 

 W.I., 422, et seq. 



Planting out in the German colonies, 

 132 ; lining and holing, 195 ; 

 nurseries v. at stake, 288 ; pre- 

 paring the surface soil, 195 ; rect- 

 angular z>. quincunx or triangular, 

 196 ; size of holes, 133 ; when to 

 do it, 186 ; seed-nuts, 64 ; seed- 

 nuts, how to lay them, 185, 463 ; 

 the nuts, upright v. on sides, 131, 

 461 ; the quincunx system, 65 



Plant sanitation must be enforced 

 on all estates, 263 



Platforms (vatas) for drying in Fiji, 

 472 



Plough, cost of traction, 81 



Ploughing, 36 ; advantages of, 36, 

 37, 104 ; after using explosives, 

 510; and lalang or cogon, &c., 

 grass, 96, 129, 161, 207, 330; by 

 power in Solomon Isles, 490 ; by 

 traction, 81 ; effects on roots, 

 37 ; in Philippines, 86, 88 ; L. C. 

 Brown (F.M.S.) on, 184; to 

 improve neglected lands, 229 



Ploughs, cost of, 91 



Pollination, flowering and maturing 

 of coco-nuts, 253 ; Mr. L. C. 

 Brown on the, 590; Dr. Fred- 

 holm on the, 591 



Poonac, and oil in copra, 71 ; and 

 poultry, egg production increased, 

 359; asamanuie, 301, 469, 530; 

 benefits cows' butter and milk, 

 505, 506; for cattle, 359; high 

 value as a feed cake, 359 ; in- 

 creased yields of cows' milk, 359, 

 475 ; and percentage of milk fat, 

 475 ; makes butter keep better, 



475 . 



Porcupines and planting out, 187 



Port Moresby (Papua) and dry belt, 

 76 



Portuguese, East Africa, cost of 

 cultivation, 412 ; the estimate 

 criticized, 414; cost cf making 

 copra, 412; cost of running a 

 3,000 acre estate, 412 



Potash causes good results, 43 ; 

 content of nuts, shells, meat, milk, 

 husks, 292, 293; doubles the 

 yield, 597-600; for coco-nuts, 

 the last word, 597, 600 ; for 

 Pestalozzia, 587 ; for young palms, 

 304 ; gives maximum yields with 

 cacao and coco-nuts, 448 ; im- 

 portance of, 299 ; seedlings heavy 

 feeders on, 288 



Potmutus v. Samoa copra, the, 447 



Poultry, 303 ; and eggs in Panama, 

 117 ; and poonac, 359 ; as a by- 

 product, 310, 311 ; as side in- 

 dustries, 117 



Power ploughing in the Solomons, 

 490 ; spraying plant with petrol 

 engine (Weeks'), 582 



President Gomez (Cuba) appoints a 

 Commission on Diseases, 72 



Preuss, Prof. Paul, and yields, 197 ; 

 on Samoa, 119 



Prices of coco-nut products, soya 

 beans, &c. (1912), 17-19; in 

 1913, 603-606 ; nuts and copra, 

 7, 8 ; of nuts, 113 ; of San Bias 

 nuts, 108, 178 



Producing age, when it starts, 113 



Production strong at I GO years, 112 



Profits in Malaya, 6, 7 



Prospectuses and coco-nut yields, 

 55, 56, 440, 6co, 601 



