239 



Percentage of annual profit to capital expended: 



7th year 17.79 



8th „ 38.12 



9th „ 38.12 



10th „ .'. .. .. .. 38.12 



Appendix C. 

 SUGAR CANE CULTIVATION, F. M. S. 



Estimate eor Opening up and Planting 1,000 Acres 

 of Jungle Land. 



$ £ &. d. 



Felling, 1,000 acres at $10 

 per acre 10,000 ( 1,166 13 4) 



Cutting second growth at $6 

 per acre 6,000 ( 700 0) 



Burning and clearing at $6 



per acre 6,000 ( 700 0) 



Changkolling before plant- 

 ing at $5 per acre . . 5,000 ( 583 6 8) 



Draining before planting at 



$26 per acre . . . . 26,000 ( 3,033 6 8) 



Canals for transport at $21 



per acre . . . . . . 21,000 ( 2,450 0) 



Lining and planting at $2.50 



per acre 2,500 ( 291 13 4) 



Housing accommodation on 

 the basis of two labourers 

 for every 3 acres in cul- 

 tivation ' 4,500 ( 525 0) 



Management charges 10,000 ( 1,166 13 4) 



Total . . 91,000 (10,616 13 4) 



(This handbook is reprinted here by permission of the 

 author, as so many questions answered by it are constantly 

 enquiring about by correspondents not only at home but 

 also in the peninsula. Ed.) 



PLANTING OF TREES. 



It has been the custom among planters of fruit trees in 

 England, to plant these trees in a somewhat elaborate way. 

 A large wide hole, not deep was dug and the roots carefully 

 spread out, and arranged near the surface and the soil 



