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Brought forward 26,000 



Income, say ... ... ... ... 12,000 



Loss ... 1 4,000 



Consequently at the end of 19 10 the position should be 

 1,500 acres of Para 4 years old. 

 1,000 do. 3 to l\ years old. 



Costing, say $25,000 or $100 per acre or half what planting under 

 ordinary circumstances would amount to while the most that could 

 be efficiently planted in virgin jungle would be 300 acres per 

 annum. 



Granting the growth with a catch crop to be somewhat slower 

 still it leaves the position greatly in favour of that system, and 

 much more so if the comparison be made up to the year 19 13, when 

 the Rubber Estate with Tapioca would have 2,500 acres being 

 tapped against 600 acres or at most 900 acres in the other case. 



Abstract of estimated Expenditure and Receipts. 



1906 $26,000 $11,000 



1 ^07 20,000 22,000 



1908 14,000 22,000 



1909 30,000 22,000 



1 9 10 26,000 x 12,000 



$116,000 $89,000 



Balance of Expenditure over Receipts, $27,000 against $40,000 

 allowed in estimates for working expenses. 



The Diamond Jubilee Estate adjoining are working with great 

 success on similar lines. They have planted since October last 

 over 1,500 acres of Para Rubber which fully proves the exceptional 

 labour conditions. 



If the Rubber is planted in virgin jungle at the same time as the 

 Tapioca, I am firmly of the opinion that the stoppage of growth will 

 be very slight. 



That Para can be efficiently cultivated even after two crops of 

 Tapioca have been taken, is certain, because I have seen young 

 fields planted under such conditions doing well, and there are on 

 the Diamond Jubilee Estate, one year old trees of one year old of 

 most satisfactory growth in ground where 4 and 5 crops of Tapioca 

 have been taken. 



The Rambong is looking as healthy as any I have seen else- 

 where. 



The advantages of planting in Tapioca are : — 



1st. — A far larger area can be planted up in less time than 

 could be possible elsewhere. 



