128 



These figures are made up from the various districts 

 as follows : 



District 



Increase 





Total Area. 



Lower Perak 



483 acres 



31,104 acres 



Kuala Kangsar (Upper Perak) 



246 



n 



6,165 „ 



Matang and Larut 



166 



n 



6,939 ,. 



Krian, Selinsing and Selama 



1,712 



n 



11,852 „ 



Kinta 



550 



n 



4,000 „ 



Batang Padaug 



163 



17 



1,026 „ 



Low eb Perak. — Of the 483 acres planted up with coco- 

 nuts during the year 150 acres were opened up by 

 Europeans. 



The crops throughout the district continued to be good 

 and the upkeep of the plantations generally is satisfactory. 



Wild pigs did considerable damage to the kampongs 

 during the year, but these animals are gradually decreasing 

 in numbers. 



Krian, Selinsing and Selama. — One thousand seven 

 hundred and twelve acres were opened up in these districts 

 during the year, mostly in Krian. The estates and native 

 holdings are well tended and in good condition. 



Kuala Kangsar and Upper Perak. — Two hundred and 

 forty-six acres were planted up with coconuts during the 

 year, including 20 acres on Gapis Estate. With the ex- 

 ception of a few abandoned kampongs in Upper Perak, 

 which are overgrown with lalang and blukar, the state of 

 the cultivation in these districts is satisfactory and the 

 beetled and other pests have caused little or no trouble. 

 The trees are healthy and bear well. 



Kinta. — Five hundred and fifty acres were planted up 

 with coconuts during the year in this district. The plant- 

 ations are well maintained, though the natives have to con- 

 tend against the ravages of wild pigs and tame buffaloes, 

 which do considerable damage to the kampongs. 



The State Inspector reports that in the mukim of 

 Sungei Eaia the silt from the mining operations in the Ulu 

 is gradually driving the natives from their holdings, in the 

 vicinity of the stream, which is to be regretted, as they are 

 driven out of their homes without being able to obtain 

 compensation. 



I regret to report that at Pusing Bharu, in the Sungei 

 Trap Mukim, a large number of the coconut trees were 

 again attacked and defoliated, early in the year by a species 

 of Lepidopterous larva' (belonging to the family Tineida) 



