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2nd. — Unlimited Chinese labour at reasonable rates and no 

 advances. 



3rd. — Reduced expenses during the first three years. 



4th. — A handsome income from the Tapioca, judging from 



Messrs. BAILEY and BURGESS' reports on Bukit 



Asahan, I make the soil on Rim to be far better. 



There is little or no laterite on which account Mr. 



BAILEY denounces Bukit Asahan. 



It is noteworthy that Herbert WRIGHT in his book "Hevea Bra- 

 ziliensis, " now considered the most up to date authority, quotes 

 Tapioca as one of the most useful of catch crops. 



Had the Chinese considered the Rubber equally with the Tapioca, 

 there would have been some magnificent estates in Malacca, but 

 putting in small seedlings and not holing carefully has retarded the 

 growth during the first year much more than the fact that there is a 

 catch crop of Tapioca. It is essentially in the first year that Para 

 requires attention and care. 



W. DUNMAN. 



Sydn. MOORHOUSE values the Tapioca crop in ground 



@ $i86,ooo=$i86,ooo 

 Buildings and plant 50,000 50,000 



Land — 2,500 acres @ $40 100,000 

 Lalang and Belukar land, 1,500 acres @ $10 15,000 

 Rubber planted, 600 acres @ $50 30,000 



§380,000 



SYDN. MOORHOUSE, 

 Manager, Diamond Jubilee Estate. 



1 St h June, 1906. 



NOTES FROM THE REPORT OF THE 

 RESIDENT-GENERAL OF THE 

 FED: MALAY STATES. 



Rubber. — The high price of rubber and the proved suitability of 

 land in the States for its cultivation have led to numerous applications 

 for land in all four states but more particularly in Selangor where 

 almost all the accessible land between the Klang and Selangor rivers 

 has been taken up for rubber planting next to the Coast districts of 

 Selangor the Sungei Ujong districts of Negri Sembilan appears 

 to be the locality most in favour. The area alienated for rubber 

 planting is some 100,000 acres, of which about 38,000 acres have 

 already been planted. The number of trees is 6 to 7 millions. The 

 output of rubber in 1905 is estimated at 300,000 lbs. Wild rubber 

 seems also to have been much sought after as a royalty of $21,136 

 was paid on this. 



