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arduous task. Forms are sent out in English and Chinese 

 to all planters, except those occupying small holdings ; the 

 information on each form being considered as confidential, 

 only the totals, averages, etc., being published. 



Kelantan appears for the first time in the agricultural 

 statistics of this report ; some 2,000 acres, with over 300,000 

 trees, being planted in that State during 1908. 



The progress in Johore was more rapid last year than 

 in any other part of the Peninsula, the acreage under rub- 

 ber in that State being more than doubled during the twelve 

 months ending the 31st December, 1908. 



This feat was also performed by Pahang, but the com- 

 parative inaccessibility of that State has prevented land 

 being chosen for rubber there, and it is therefore respon- 

 sible for a very small acreage in proportion to the other 

 states. 



Agricultural Acreages in the Federated Malay States, 

 1907 and 1908, Excluding Padi and Horticulture. 





SELANGOR. 



PERAK. 



Negri 

 Sembilan. 



Pahang. 



Total. 





I9o7. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908, 



1907. 



1908. 



Coconuts 



Rubber 



Coffee 



Other cultivations, 

 chiefly Tapioca . . 



Total . . 



21,321 

 61,552 

 7,595 



1,604 



23,169 

 82,246 

 6,009 



286 



57,776 

 46,167 

 756 



10,270 



61,086 

 56,706 

 641 



13,397 



18,000 

 17,656 

 2,382 



261 



18,779 

 27,305 

 1,781 



10,853 



15,463 

 86o 

 100 



•• 



15,463 

 1,791 



10 



112,563 



126,235 

 10,830 



12,135 



118,697 

 168,048 

 8,431 



24,546 



92,072 



111,710 



114,569 



131,830 



38,299 



58,718 



16,423 



17,464 



261,703 



319,722 



Coconuts. 



The "Consols of the East" have again had a prosper- 

 ous year. No serious outbreak of disease occurred, and 

 the crops from mature palms were equal to the average of 

 recent years. The relatively poor quality of the copra pre- 

 pared in the Native States is a question which is receiving 

 attention. The constant rainfall of Malaya makes it often 

 impossible to properly dry the copra without artificial heat 

 and renders it very liable to attacks of moulds and bacteria 

 which damage its marketable value. It is possible to im- 

 prove the quality by putting up light roofs which can be 

 quickly placed over the copra being dried when rain is 

 coming. 



Arrangements will be made for the Coconut Preser- 

 vation Staff to instruct small-holders as to the advan- 



