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At the Batu Tiga Experiment station, tapping experiments were 
commenced in November with a view to testing the effect of certain 
chemical manures on the latex. 
Native Cultivation. 
Apart from some treatment of pests very little was done for native 
cultivation. 
Labour. 
The labour employed on estates is estimated at 77 - 524 , divided 
as follows : — 
Perak 
Selangor 
Negri Sembilan 
Pahang 
27,673 
36,498 
1 2,32 [ 
1,032 
Total ... 77,524 
Of these, 55,732 were Tamils, 6,170 Javanese, 12,402 Chinese, and 
2.778 Malays. 
Coconuts. 
The Inspector of Coconut Plantations reports that about two- 
thirds of the area (123,815 acres) is probably in bearing, and he 
estimates the value of the whole to be 25,000,000; of the area opened 
during the year (5,118 acres) about 1,500 acres is to be credited to 
Europeans. 
Distribution of Coconut Lands. 
The area under cultivation is distributed as follows : — 
Perak 
Selangor . . . 
Negri Sembilan 
Pahang 
... 63,225 acres. 
25,818 „ 
... 19,037 „ 
15,735 .. 
Total ... 123,815 acres. 
Copra. 
The copra exported was 
Perak 
Selangor 
Negri Sembilan 
Pahang 
Total ... 
56,560 pikuls valued at $395,466 
46,826 „ „ 323 T 93 
781 „ „ 6,123 
W2 .. „ 2,102 
104,469 pikuls valued at $726,884 
In spite of the efforts of the department to induce the natives to 
adopt sound methods of collecting and treating the nuts, there are 
still many complaints of the inferior quality of the native-copra. 
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