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Tephresja. 



Cost of establishing Tephresia . . . . $4.00 



Keeping drains clean . . . . . . 1.00 



Land Rent 1.00 



Cut down Tephrosia twice . . . . 2.00 



V arious . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 



Supervision . . . . . . . . 1.00 



Total cost 1st Year $10.00 



2nd and following years. 



As above less $4.00 for establishing Teph- 

 rosia $6.00 



Total expenses for 5 years . . . . $34.00 



Total saving $66.00 



F. Zernichow, 



Jendarata Estate, 



Teluk Anson. 



VARIOUS NOTES. 



During a visit of inspection to Penang and Province 

 Wellesley in February, I had the pleasure of visiting 

 Caledonia estate, and Tali Aver estate as well as some 

 other sugar and rubber plantations under the management 

 of the Hon. John Turner, who was kind enough to let me 

 see as much of the working of these estates as time per- 

 mitted. It was a treat to see the rubber at Caledonia which 

 I had seen in its very earliest days, now producing a good 

 return of high class rubber. Part of this ground was 

 originally a lalang field, with the grass high all over it, 

 and through this the rubber was planted, and no expensive 

 digging or changkoling used. Now the rubber having shad- 

 ed and the lalang gone, not a blade can be seen anywhere, 

 and the rubber trees are strong large and healthy. In old 

 sugar land, cleared of cane or planted through the cane, 

 the rubber lias done well, and the fields at Tali Aver where 

 Mr. Petrie is at work managing, are about as good as 

 a ii > thing one can desire. Trees of 3| to 4 years measuring 

 IS to 20 indies round at 3 feet from the ground were not 

 the exception, and these were turning out excellent sheet 



