595 



Treatment of Affected Trees. — In connection with this I may 

 mention that my latest method of dealing with the heetles has become 

 more perfected, and during the year under review has proved most 

 effective ; in fact, I believe that I am now in a position by means of 

 it to guard a large area against their attacks, even when they appear 

 in large numbers. It is not only that the mixture when correctly 

 applied keeps the tree practically impervious to further attacks, but 

 experience distinctly proves that it has a stimulating and recuperative 

 effect on the trees that have been affected by the beetles. Besides, 

 another advantage is that it is not very costly. The difficulty lies in 

 getting the owners to apply the treatment thoroughly, and so far this 

 has had to be done almost entirely by my staff. 



It is evident that the beetles become more productive in the 

 damp or rainy weather, as during the drought in August and September 

 hardly any were found, and in the trees that had been treated those 

 found were dead. 



Other Pests. — Bears continued to do considerable damage to the 

 trees in the native kampongs at Si Jagob, Likier, Kayan and Sungei 

 Durien in Lower Perak, and at Tampin and the Coast district in 

 Negri Sembilan. A reward of $20 for each bear was included in the 

 schedule of rewards for the destruction of noxious animals, and two 

 hears were killed in Lower Perak during the year, and a large animal 

 was shot in the Coast district, Negri Sembilan, at the beginning of the 

 current year. 



Wild pigs, I regret to state, have caused much more harm than 

 I anticipated, but this is greatly due to the carelessness of the owners 

 in not following out the instructions that have been given them by 

 this department when planting out their trees from the nurseries, and 

 I trust that during the current year I may be able to impress this 

 upon them more thoroughly, and so overcome, to a great extent, the 

 damage these animals are continually doing. 



Copra. — During the year, approximately 55,421 pikuls of copra 

 were exported from the States, as follows : 



Lower Perak 



... 28,090 pikuls 



Kuala Selangor and Bernam 



... 9,584 „ 



Klang and Kuala Langat 



... 16,370 „ 



Pekan 



... 1,121 „ 



Matang and Larut 



256 „ 





55,421 „ 



in addition to which 9,500 pikuls were purchased by the Selangor Oil 

 Mills at Kuala Selangor. 



Prices. — The price of coconuts in the various districts during the 

 year was as follows : 



Krian and Selinsing ... ... 5 to 6 cents each 



Kuala Lumpor, Ulu Selangor and Ulu Langat 4 to 9 ,', 



Kuala Pilah ... ... ... 4 to 8 



Kinta and Batang Padang ... ... 3 to 7 



Matang and Larut ... 3 to 6 ,, 



