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that given in the Director's Report last year, and might be given 

 now as Is. 6d. per lb. It is obvious that the industry should be fairly 

 prosperous even if the iprice of rubber fell considerably below the 

 minimum of 1910. 



The acreage opened in the Federated Malay States in 1910 was 

 48,813 acres against 28,905 acres in 1909 and 41,813 in 1908, the 

 largest proportionate increase being in Negri Sembilan. Perak 

 shows the greatest increase over 1909. 



The rubber output for the Federated Malay States again 

 increased by over 100 per cent., and is almost four times as great 

 as that of 1908. The output for 1910 Iwas 12,563,220 lbs. against 

 6,083,493 lbs. for 1909. 



The "output," as given here, for the Federated Malay States, 

 is about 400,000 lbs. in excess of the "export " of rubber as returned 

 by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs (12,212,526 lbs.) The 

 dilference, of course, represents largely the amount of rubber on 

 hand, in drying houses and stores, on the plantations at the end of 

 the year. The largest excess was in Perak, where a number of 

 factories were making blanket crepe towards the end of the year, 

 and this requires a much longer drying period than the thin crepe, and 

 consequently larger amounts were in the stores than previously. 



The percentage of increase for 19TO in the various States is in : 

 Selangor ... ... ... ... 90 per cent. 



Perak ... ... ... ... 190 „ 



Negri Sembilan ... ... ... 100 



while Pahang now appears on our columns for the first time with an 

 output of 2,483 lbs. ; this last is probably not as high as it should be. 

 as the Commissioner of Trade and Customs' figures show a much 

 larger export. 



The total output for the Peninsula also increased by over 100 

 per cent,, and amounted to over 6,400 tons as against 3,000 tons in 

 1909. Large increases are shown by Province Wellesley and Johore. 

 while Kelantan and Kedah now appear as exporters for the first time 

 with an output of nearly 19 tons. The increase in Malacca is also 

 large, but the figures for both last year and this are very uncertain. 



The increase in output in the Colonies and Protected States 

 for 1910 is in : 



Province Wellesley ... ... ... 50 per cent. 



Johore ... ... ... ... lOO „ 



The total acreage'planted up in rubber at the end of 1910 in the 

 Federated Malay States was 245,774 acres, an increase of 25 per cent, 

 over that of 1909. The total acreage for the Peninsula was 362,853 

 acres, an increase of 23 per cent, on the acreage of the previous year. 



