AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



STRAITS 



FEDERATED MALAY 5TATE5. 



No. 2.] FEBRUARY, 10H. [Vol. X 



THE ACREAGE OF RUBBER IN THE COLONY. 



Through the courtesy of the land officials I have been able to 

 obtain, approximately, the area of land under cultivation in the 

 various parts of the Colony. The figures are only approximate, 

 sent by the registration under the Rubber Dealer's Ordinance, when 

 completed, we shall be able to get a more definite and accurate idea 

 of the area cultivated. 



The estimates are as follows :— - 



Singapore ... 14,000 acres 



Malacca between 55,000 and 6o,000 acres 



Penang ... 3,030 acres 



Province Wellesley 22,920 acres 



The total approximates to 100,000 acres which is a pretty large 

 area considering the class of country in which it is planted. — ^Ed. 



RUBBER NOTES. 



Bolivia. 



"Next to tin the most important product of this Republic is 

 rubber, of which in 1908 about £600,000 worth were exported. The 

 exploitation of the rubber lands is regulated by law by payment of a 

 tax of I Bol (one shilling and seven pence farthing) yearly. It is 

 found principally in the n )rth-east near the Peruvian boundry, in the 

 East in the provinces of Santa Cruz and Azero, and in the Acre and 

 Beni territory which is the richest m this product." 



