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It will not, I think, be denied that for a sound, solid and 

 what may fairly Ik- regarded as a safe remunerative investment 

 uhou^h quite out of range of the anticipated large profits from 

 Para rubber) coconuts, as a tropical product, are hard to beat, and 

 for this reason alone their culture might well be fostered. 



I have already alluded to the value of the coconut industry 

 m the States where the soil and climate are so eminently suited, 

 but for the more rapid development of the cultivation, it is, I 

 consider, really necessary that Government should do all they can 

 to encourage Europeans to interest themselves in it and so attract 

 influence and home capital for the purpose. 



On this account it is most advisable that for land given out 

 for coconut cultivation the old rate of $i per acre for quit-rent be 

 reverted to. I am assured that at this rate many applications 

 uill immediately be made bv the Europeans to take up land for 

 planting coconuts, while 1 am led to believe that the more pros- 

 take up and cultivate larger areas than io-acre blocks, would do 

 so to some extent if the above change is effected. 



The most favourable sites for coconuts undoubtedly are in 

 Knxnmtv to the l\, : ,sts all along lVrak and Selangor, and Heel 



areas as far as possibfe for Coconut planting, there being no real 

 necessity to alienate this land for rubber cultivation, as there is 

 Plenty of land equally suitable for rubber (but not for coconuts) 

 >n abundance in other parts of the States. 



Under these more favourable conditions I feel confident that 

 a much increased area must come under coconut cultivation, 

 year by year, than would otherw ise be the case, and that with a 

 ni °re extensive acreage perhaps before long some other important 

 lnt erests of the industry, as exemplified in Cevlon, may be 

 Produced into the States. 



Inspector of Coconut Plantations, r..»^ 



REPORT OF GOVERNMENT ENTOMOLOGIST 

 FOR THE YEAR 1906. 



. 1 assumed the duties of this office on 15th September, 1906 

 a r ;f n of th ese three months has been necessarily occupied .11 

 w ? n i? lng the Moratory and ascertaining the conditions uncle 

 n 'ch work has to be conducted, the report must necessarily b 



