354 



Perak 131,830 acres 



Selangor 111,710 „ 



Negri Sembilan . . . . 58,718 „ 

 Pahang 17,464 „ 



Total . . 319,722 acres 



This acreage, which excludes padi lands and horti- 

 culture, was planted with staple products as follows: — 

 Coconuts . . . . . . 118,697 acres 



Rubber 168,048 „ 



Coffee . . . . . . 8,431 „ 



Other forms of cultivation, 



chiefly Tapioca . . 24,546 „ 



Total . . 319,722 acres 



The acreage under coconuts increased during 1908 by 

 3,310 acres in Perak, 1,848 acres in Selangor, 779 acres in 

 Negri Sembilan and 200 acres in Pahang. 



The increase in the rubber acreage during the year was 

 made up of 10,539 acres in Perak, 20,694 acres in Selangor, 

 9,649 acres in Negri Sembilan and 931 acres in Pahang. 



Rubber has now become the most important form of 

 cultivation in these States and the acreage under rubber is 

 much in excess of that of any other form of cultivation. 

 The number of Rubber estates in the Federated Malay 

 States is given as 300 and their acreage as 455,596 with 

 168,048 acres actually planted with rubber. 



The number of trees the Director of Agriculture gives 

 as 26,165,310. The out-put of dry rubber is quoted as 

 3,190,000 lbs. ( = 1,425 tons) against 1,980,000 lbs. ( = 885 

 tons) in 1907. 



The distribution of 168,048 acres of rubber land is 

 given as Perak 56,706 acres, Selangor 82,246 acres, Negri 

 Sembilan 27,305 acres and Pahang 1,791 acres. During 

 the year under review the applications for land for the pur- 

 poses of rubber cultivation showed a falling off but there 

 would appear to have been no decrease of activity in plant- 

 ing operations in land already alienated. 



The planting of Para rubber (Hevea braziliensis) has 

 almost entirely superseded that of Rambong (Ficus elas- 

 tica) which was regarded with great favour by many 

 planters a few years ago. 



During the year 1908, according to the Director of 

 Agriculture, the price of rubber varied from 3/- a pound in 



