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piled — a slow, tedious, and expensive work. All other works, such 
as cutting roads, weeding, clearing and levelling building sites, 
were also delayed by the abnormal weather experienced during the 
latter part of the year; while sickness among the coolies was rife, 
Sickness among not only making it extremely difficult to obtain 
coolies. labour, but impossible to get anything like a fair 
day's work from the coolies employed. It might be worth while 
recording the fact that while levelling the site for the Superinten- 
dent’s bungalow, which is situated on the top of a laterite hill in 
the centre of the gardens, that no less than four Javanese coolies 
out of the five so employed died from fever. The felling of a 
further 23! acres was commenced in December, but not completed 
within the year under review. 
11. A set of Javanese coolie lines have been built at a total cost 
Buildings.- coolie of §213.50. These are 50' x 30', consisting of two 
Iines - rooms, and provide accommodation for 30-40 coolies. 
They are raised about 4^ feet from the ground, the floor and walls 
are meranti planks, the roof nipab ataps, the supports being chiefly 
petal ing. A temporary set of Tamil lines, 36' x 24', were erected 
on the abandoned tapioca estate close by the side of the nurseries 
on account of the sickness prevailing among the Javanese coolies 
on the newly opened land. These are built entirely of ataps, ex- 
cept the supports, sleeping benches and doors. They provide ac- 
commodation for 25 coolies, the total cost being §100. 
A small tool shed, 18' x 12', was also erected al a cost of 
Tool Shed. §80. 
Owing to the fact that there is only one man in the district who 
will undertake construction work, the prices of these works are 
probably somewhat higher than would otherwise be the case ; while 
the prices of building materials have advanced considerably during 
the past few years. 
A 60-feet span wooden bridge was constructed across the Da- 
Construction of mansara river, connecting the land previously opened 
bridge. as a nursery site with the site proper of the Experi- 
mental Plantations. The bridge is built entirely of merbau, the 
cost being §1,700. 
12, A site was selected and levelled on a hill about 300 yards 
Superintendent’s from the Plantations, during the month of May, for 
Bungalow. the erection of the Superintendent’s quarters. This 
site, however, was disapproved of as it was not actually on the 
Plantations, with the result that the Superintendent was without 
quarters for the remainder of the year. During the first three 
months of the year the Superintendent lived at Kuala Lumpur, 
journeying to and from Batu Tiga by train each day. His quarters 
there being required for another officer, he was by the kindness of 
the late Mr. Barnwell accommodated at the Bungalow on the 
Sungei Rengam Estate. This, however, necessitated a walk of 3^ 
miles to and from work each day, so that in September he again 
moved to the halting bungalow at Batu Tiga, which had in the 
