527 



Government has let for agricultural purposes, which in some cases has 

 not been, and never will be, used for that purpose. In the case of 

 rubber, the land alienated is nearly four times as much as that actually 

 growing rubber. Opened land means, as a rule, that the jungle has 

 been burnt and sometimes that the land is kept weeded, but this has no 

 interest agriculturally, except in so far as it points to the fact that it 

 may be expected to be cultivated in the near future. 



The only term which need be considered from an agricultural 

 point of view is "planted" land. 



Agricultural Acreages in the Federated Malay States, 

 1907, Excluding Padi and Horticulture. 





Selangor. 



Perak. 



Negri 

 Sembilan. 



Pahang. 



Total. 



Coconuts 



21,321 



'57,776 



18,000 



15,463 



112,560 



Eubber 



61,552 



46,167 



17,656 



860 



126,235 



Coffee 



7,595 



756 



2,382 



100 



10,833 



Other cultivations, 



1,604 



10,270 



261 





12,135 



chiefly Tapioca. 













Totals ... 



92,072 



114,969 



38,299 



16,423 



261,763 



Coconuts. 



Coconuts have had a prosperous year without any serious out- 

 break of disease, and the diseases which are already rife have been 

 during the year successfully combated by the Inspector of Coconuts and 

 his staff. It is not easy to estimate what damage would have been 

 done to the coconut industry if the coconut preservation staff had not 

 been in existence, and it is not therefore possible to give any idea as 

 to the amount, no doubt very considerable, which this preventive and 

 curative work has added to the wealth of the country. 



An increase over last year of about seven per cent, in the acreage 

 of this staple industry shows that there is an appreciation of the profits 

 which can be gained by the cultivation of coconuts. 



This important branch of the agriculture of the Federated Malay 

 States, covering at the end of last year 112,500 acres, is dealt with in 

 detail in the report of the Inspector of Coconuts. During the past year, 

 owing to the drop in rubber prices, there has been a tendency to take an 

 interest in the "Consols of the East," cultivation and land has been 

 taken up which will be planted with this easily cultivated and profit- 

 able palm. 



Padi. 



The problems of padi culture have an especial interest. Long 

 years of cultivation in many countries have evolved methods which 

 must to a great extent command attention and carry weight because of 

 the fact that they are the outcome of a process of selection of the 



