4fr 



Turning to land revenue exclusive of sales we find that on an 

 estimate of $332,745 the collections amounted to $391,892. The steady 

 advance of land revenue proper during the past five years is so 

 encouraging as to be worth setting out in detail as follows : 



1905 ••■ $257,263 



1906 335,815 



1907 ... ... ... ... ... 366,781 



1908 ... ... ... ... ... 374,016 



1909 ... ... ... ... ... 391,892 



Land rents, the item which exceeds in importance all other 

 sources of land revenue, have continued to make steady and substan- 

 tial advance in a manner which is very gratifying. 



Rubber. 



As this report is being prepared at a time when the attention 

 of the press and the public in most parts of the world is rivetted upon 

 the progress of the rubber industry and when the published obser- 

 vations, recommendations and criticisms of those who are in a 

 position to speak with authority upon all phases of the absorbing 

 topic are within the reach of every one who cares to read them, it 

 seems unnecessary that I should deal with the subject here further 

 than to place on record available figures relating to cultivation and 

 production, together with brief comment upon the steps which have 

 been taken locally to assist and conserve the industry by scientific 

 and legislative precautions. 



An approximation of the area estimated to have been under 

 rubber in Selangor at the^ end of 1909 is summarised in the table 

 below : 



Kuala Lumpur 18,000 acres. 



Klang 36,087 „ 



Kuala Langat , ... 10,230 



Ulu Langat 16,000 „ 



Kuala Selangor 14,320 „ 



Ulu Selangor 6,000 „ 



Total ... 100,637 acres. 



The estimated area twelve months previously was 87,321 acres. 



1 think that there can be little doubt that the actual figures are 

 in excess of those given above, because while this table probably 

 provides a near approximation to facts so far as those properties are 

 concerned on which rubber constitutes the only or the principal 

 feature, it is necessary to remember that the desire to share in so 

 profitable a form of cultivation has so permeated all classes of native 

 landholders that there is hardly a garden or orchard at the present 

 time, however diminutive its dimensions and however unkempt its 

 condition, which does not contain amidst its tangle of mxiscellaneous 



