310 



Average Annual Export Value per pikul declared in Singapore 

 of the principal articles of produce for the five years ended 1906, and 

 also for 1907, 1908 and 1909:— 



Principal Articles. 



Average for 

 the five years 

 ended 1906 



1907. 



1908. 



1909. 





$ 



c. 



$ 



c. 



$ 



c. 



$ 



c. 



Coffee 



21 



72 



21 



68 



22 



36 



22 



97 



Sago Flour 



3 



45 



2 



93 



3 



00 



3 



07 



Sago, Pearl 



4 



91 



4 



71 



4 



22 



4 



08 



White Pepper 



42 



61 



24 



80 



18 



77 



19 



90 



Tapioca, Flake 



5 



93 



9 



37 



6 



60 



5 



42 



Tapioca, Pearl ... ... 



5 



66 



9 



22 



6 



33 



5 



58 



Tapioca Flour 



5 



50 



6 



40 



5 



25 



5 



03 



Borneo Rubber ... ... 



103 



28 



98 



82 



86 



15 



91 



09 



Sticklac 





09 



67 



93 



36 

 8 



80 



24 



14 



Rattans 



\\ 



II 



9 



56 



64 



8 



75 



Gambler, including Cube 





78 



7 



90 



8 



37 



10 



93 



Black Pepper 



28 



43 



17 



69 





92 



12 



15 



Gutta-Percha 



135 



06 



54 



18 



49 



37 



57 



36 



Copra 



8 



62 



9 



63 



7 



12 



8 



31 



Gum Copal 



15 



55 



15 



66 



13 



36 



12 



75 



Para Rubber 



*339 



00 



266 



70 



191 



48 



300 



54 



* Two years" only. 



PROGRESS IN MALACCA. 



In the Annual Report on Malacca, Mr. Evans, the Resident 

 Councillor, writes: "The year 1909 has been the most prosperous year 

 known in Malacca since the Settlement came under the British 

 Crown, and there appears every prospect of the year 1910 being even 

 better." He might, we think, have gone even further and said that 

 Malacca was now in a state of prosperity greater than any of its 

 records have ever shown from the earliest days of the Portuguese. 



"Malacca is essentially an Agricultural Settlement and a steady 

 increase in the revenue from land and a strong demand for land is a 

 sure sign that those who are engaged in agricultural operations arc 

 prospering and are confident of the future of the Settlement." 



This progress is of course entirely due to rubber cultivation. 

 The actual area under this crop is not given, but the Malacca lands 

 are valued at 50,000,000 dollars. Tapioca cultivation, as was to be 

 expected, is decreasing as the rubber wave covers the whole country, 

 and as the trees grow the use of tapioca as a catch crop gradually 

 disappears. 



Gambler being high in price is still keeping up in its output, 

 being used as a catch crop by small planters. 



