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1 he inspector considers that the increase in coconut cultivation, 
in all the circumstances, is by no means disappointing, and he is 
hopeful of a further extension of this profitable industry. 
Coffee. 
The area under coffee has again further decreased, being now 
only a little over 5,000 acres. It is not improbable that, except as a 
catchcrop to some more profitable form of permanent cultivation 
this industry will shortly die out entirely. 
Experiment Plantations. 
The stations at Kuala Lumpur and Batu Tiga were kept in good 
order, the land at the former place being nearly all planted up. 
Weeding Experiment. 
The results of the weeding experiments at Batu Tiga show that 
the plants on the clean-weeded plot have made a much greater ad- 
vance during the year than those on the other plots. 
Other Rubbers. 
The purple Manicoba has made very little progress during the 
year, but other kinds of Manihot are doing fairly well ; Castilioa did 
not do very well, but it has been planted in a new position and pro- 
mises better. Seeds of Ecanda rubber (Rnphmmcme iriili.c), a rubber 
received from kevv, failed to germinate. 
Camphor. 
The camphor trees at Batu Tiga and Kuala Lumpur continue 
to do well, and the growth is considered by experts, acquainted with 
the Japanese camphor Plantations in Formosa, to be quite equal to 
the growth m that island. 
A series of distillations were undertaken during the vear the 
results of which are said to be very encouraging. 
West African Oil Paim. 
., p e wi’ al i >laI ! tS 0f the West Afriran oil palm are now in fruit in 
the Public Gardens and at Batu Tiga: samples of oil of good quality 
were prepared for the Agri-Horticuitural Show. Seeds of two of the 
best varieties were obtain from Lagos: some were retained and plant! 
ed, the rest were distributed among planters in the Federated Malay 
a trkl Wh ° had expressed their "iiiingness to give the cultivation 
Cover Plants. 
Various experiments in connection with cover plants as aids to 
weeding have been carried out, including Abrus precatlrius lrZ 
brought under notice for this purpose in 1908, 
