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The estimated crop of rubber for the current year is 215,000 lbs., 
while the estimate for the sale of seeds, stumps, coffee and coconuts 
amounts to £4,70 9. 
Tapping . — The following statement of approximate yield from 
the older fields is compiled from the Manager’s reports. 
j Acreage of fields. 
Distances trees 
j planted apart. 
| No. of trees 
tapped. 
I * 
il’S 
Lh Cl, 
1 ° S' 
!Z : 
Yield per tree. 
. — 1 
Total yield. 
No. of trees per 
acre tapped, j 
Yield per acre. 
Remarks. 
I 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
60 
24' x 12' 
4,642 
3 j 
2f 
12,765 
77 
21 2j 
Planted 1899 (about <50 
trees per acre). 
150 
to' x 10' 
f 8,000 
l 28,301 
i h 
54 , 45 1 
| 242 
363 
1 This field was planted 
I through coffee in 
1898, and was thin- 
ned out to 260-270 
trees per acre. 
; 40 
12 ' X 10' 
6,225, 
2 
1 
6,225 
155 
*55 
j Planted [900. Thinned 
1 
l to 250 trees per acre. 
f 10,000 
\ 60,820 j 
3 \ 
1 
70,820 "j I 
680 
12' x 10' 
2J 
oz. 
1 
147 
11 7 a J 
Planted from 1899 to 
(29,113 
1 
5 
9,097 ' 
1901. 
Thinned to 250-270 
trees per acre. 
930 
1 
1 
147,101 
1 
153 , 35 ^ j 
The balance of the crop was obtained from trees cut out for 
thinning. 
Owing to prevalence of white ants, and possibility of damage by 
wind, it has been decided to thin out very gradually. 
EXTRACTS FROM REPORT BY 
MR. R. W. HARRISON. 
VALLAMBEOSA. 
Superintendent — Mr. H. M. Darby. 
Visited 3rd May, 1907. 
The Estate is in first-rate order, and weeding is well in hand. 
Along the road frontage, which was bought from natives, weeding 
still gives a good deal of trouble, and is expensive; but throughout 
the 930 acres of old rubber there are practically no weeds to be 
seen. 
