Of this 38,000 acres is already 
Under 1 year old 
One year old 
Two „ 
Three ,, 
Four „ 
Five „ and over 
207 
planted, the figures being:— 
16,000 
6.000 
4>5 00 
3.000 
2,500 
6.000 
Most of the Para plantations over five years’ old are planted 
200 to the acre, some Estates having more than 300, but on the 
more recent clearings the distance apart is greater and the average 
about 175 to the acre. 
The number of Rubber trees of all ages in the Federated Malay 
States is approximately between 6 and 7 million. 
Last year’s production of Rubber was estimated at 300,000 lbs. 
The total world’s consumption as found in the official statistics 
of net imports of the great rubber consuming countries’— United 
States, Germany, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Austria and 
Italy, was 137,530,458 lbs. or 61,397 tons. These official figures 
fall short of the world’s consumption probably as much as 15-20 
percent., but taking them as approximate the Federated Malay 
States in 1905 produced 2^0^ of the world’s consumption. But 
the world’s consumption as shown by official statistics is : 
1903 ... ... 112,860,478 lbs. 50,384 tons. 
1904 ... ... 123,817,903 „ 55> 2 75 » 
1905 ... ... I37.530458 „ 6 i ,397 » 
an increase roughly of 10 per cent, each year. So that in 1912 
we may expect an increased consumption of 70 por cent, more 
than in 1905. 
A demand for 232,288,000 lbs. or 103,700 tons, and of that we 
could supply only ^th part. 
These statistics show that even if the increased demand of 10 
per cent, per annum does not continue, there is little fear of over- 
production for many years to come. Although rubber Estates on 
large scales are being formed in many other places besides the 
Malay States. 
Coconuts show an acreage nearly three times as great as that 
of rubber and has increased by 10,000 acres, during the year still 
calculating the value placed on rubber land, the capital value of 
the rubber Estates is higher than that of coconuts. 
H. N. R. 
A NEW WAY OP DEALING WITH 
TERMES GESTROI 
Some five years ago a Chinaman who had purchased the hill 
of Bukit Duyong in Malacca as a grave-yard, reflected that it 
would be better to convert it into a rubber plantation. The hill 
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