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Kuala Langat. — The trees in this district continue to do well and 

 give excellent returns, and the beetles give little or no trouble. 



Kuala Lumper, Ulu Selangor and XJlu Langat. — The native 

 holdings in these districts have considerably improved during the year. 



Kuala Lumpor. — Though the beetles have greatly decreased, the 

 trees still require constant attention to keep this pest well in hand. In 

 this district also especial attention was given to the destroying of all 

 probable breeding places, and this greatly helped in checking the spread 

 of the pest. The trees which give the most trouble are those which 

 are scattered over mining land, as they receive no attention from the 

 owners, and with the limited number of coolies at the disposal of this 

 department it is quite impossible to treat these trees as often as one 

 would wish. Nevertheless, they are gradually being improved and 

 the worst trees are being cut down, whenever possible, and destroyed. 

 At Pudoh and Ampang, where the beetles gave so much trouble during 

 1906, it is gratifying to be able to report that the pest is now checked 

 and the beetles are under control, and as a result the trees already 

 show great improvement. 



At Eawang, the beetles gave considerable trouble at the beginning 

 of the year, but were effectually dealt with. 



In all the other mukims the beetles have only given very slight 

 trouble, and the trees now only require constant supervision to prevent 

 this pest from increasing and doing damage. 



Considerable improvement is noticeable in all districts and the 

 natives generally are beginning to realise the advantage to be gained by 

 carefully attending to their trees, and are consequently taking a greater 

 interest in their plantations. 



Selangor Oil Mills. — Nine thousand five hundred pikuls of corra 

 were purchased by the Selangor Oil Mills during the year, and 4,780 

 pikuls of oil and 3,830pikuls of oil cake were made at their factory. 

 State of Negei Sembilas 



The approximate area under coconut cultivation in the State at 

 the end of 1907 I estimate at 18,000 acres, an increase of 804 acres 

 over the preceding year. These figures are made up as follows: — 



District. Increase. Total acreage. 



Tampin ••• ... ••• 125 acres ... 5,573 acres 



Seremban and Jelebu ••• — ... ••• ... 5,190 ,, 



Kuala Pilah ... 300 acres ... 5,033 „ 



Coast ... 79 „ ... 2,204 „ 



804 18,000 



and I may mention that there are fewer trees per acre than in Perak 

 and Selangor. 



Tampin. — The general condition of the plantations in this district 

 is good and shows considerable improvement, and the beetle pest has 

 been effectively dealt with. 



Seremban and Jelebu. — Though there was no increase in the area 

 under coconut cultivation in these districts during the year, the planta- 

 tions are well maintained and their condition satisf acton,-. 



