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registration in the land offices of the rubber trees growing in t h 

 different divisions of every district. As the measure came into force 

 only at the commencement of the present year, observations upon its 

 practical application cannot yet be made. 



Coffee. 



There has been some futher diminution in the area of land under 

 coffee, and this form of cultivation is now hardly of sufficient import- 

 ance to merit special notice. Its removal has continued on many 

 estates, on the other hand it continues to be planted on some of the 

 more recently opened properties, presumably in order to aftbrd some 

 return pending the maturity of the rubber. The total estimated area 

 is rather over 10,000 acres, of which but all a thousand acres is in 

 the districts of Klang and Kuala Langat. I believe, however, that 

 over a large proportion of this area it is merely interplanted with 

 other products. 



The amount exported was 13,180 pikuls, on which $13,398 was 

 paid as duty. 



Coconuts. 



Particulars relating to the cultivation of coconuts are contained 

 in the subjoined extracts from the report of the Inspector — 



"I estimate 25,818 as the approximate acreage under 

 coconuts in the State at the end of 1909, an increase of 2,649 

 acres as compared with the year before. Of this acreage 

 nearly 2,000 acres were opened up in the Klang and Kuala 

 Langat districts. The extension of European-owned estates 

 was over 1,000 acres. 



" Beetles, on the whole, gave very little trouble during the 

 year, and in every case where they made their appearance 

 in anything like unusual numbers the outbreak was traced 

 to the breeding place which was destroyed. 



"The estates where the trees are in bearing obtained 

 satisfactory results and the young plants on the more 

 recently opened estates are coming on very well indeed and 

 show excellent growth. 



" The crops have not been so heavy as last year perhaps 

 due to the heavy rain at the commencement of the year, on 

 the other hand the increased price of copra has made up for 

 the falling off in the yield. 



"The export of copra from the State during the year was 

 46,826 pikuls, value $323,193, an increase of 25,947 pikuls as 

 compared with the year before. 



"The price all round was considerably higher than last 

 year and was never below $7.50 while it touched as high as 

 $10.50 towards the end of the year. 



