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The Land Terms of the Two Countries Compared. 
“Are not the new land terms to some extent limiting the develop- 
ment of the industry? ” ^ 
“Although the conditions now are a premium of $3 and $r quit 
rent for six years, and $4 per annum thereafter, I do not think in 
the meantime it is checking enterprise. Roughly speaking, compar- 
ing it with freehold land in Ceylon at £5 per acre at 5 per cent per 
annum, a planter in both countries would have in 14 years expended 
the same - amount on land purchase. X do not suppose anyone 
troubles himself much as to what is going to happen after that, 
although the F. M. S. planter would be paying 9 s, 4 d. per acre per 
annum, while his Ceylon brother would be free. It is difficult to 
get applications for land put through with expedition, but nothing 
like to the same extent as it is in Ceylon. I think this latter fact, 
more than anything else, is driving Capital away from Ceylon to 
the F. M, S. The difficulties placed in the way of the Ceylon 
planter in the acquisition of useless lands (I mean useless to the 
native), and in the speedy settlement of native claims, which a 
planter may desire to have settled before concluding the purchase, 
are little short of disgraceful in a first-class Crown Colony. The 
Government must be aware that thousands of acres of land in 
Ceylon, over w’hich natives and Government alike have shadowy 
claims, will never be cultivated by the native either to his benefit 
or that of the State. It surely therefore is the duty of Government 
when they know there are men ready to develop these unproductive 
lands, to push forward the settlement of claims, and thus aid in the 
speedy development of this new industry in which Ceylon hopes to 
play such an important part.”— “ Times of Malaya,” March 6, 1907. 
CAMPHOR. 
“ The Camphor production in Ceylon is unfortunately still in a 
very bad way and although much attention has now for several 
years been given to this new cultivation it has not been possible 
to produce more than 1,000 kilos. If it is taken into consideration 
that more than 100 acres are planted with Camphor- trees the result 
musL be called unsatisfactory. The principal difficulty lies in the 
lack of experience of the planters io the distillation.” So says the 
Tropical Agriculturist of Feb. 1907, p. 64. An idea had been 
strongly prevalent that the Camphor industry in Ceylon had been 
immensely successful, of late years, a mistake undoubtedly due to the 
too sanguine statements in local newspapers. The very high price 
of Camphor .at present has induced many to turn their attention 
to the product and it is being tried in various parts of the world 
with more or less promise of success. In California the tree seems 
to do well and experimental returns show that the Camphor pro- 
duced is purer than Japanese Camphor. I11 Italy the tree is said 
to do everywhere except in the neighbourhood of the Alps. In 
