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will spring up in his land, for the coffee blight did not begin in the 
Malay kampong : but I heartily endorse the suggestion that legis- 
lation be promptly adopted to ensure the treating of all cultivated 
lands according to the methods of good husbandry. 
The Agricultural Department has issued a pamphlet of instruc 
tions regarding the cultivation of rubber. 
Coconuts, 
Mr. L. C. Brown estimates that the approximate area of 
land under coconuts in Perak exceeds 63,000 acres. There has been 
a steady increase and the cultivation is expanding. Native plantations 
are better kept, and lalang is being eradicated. 
Europeans have applied for large areas of land for coconuts and 
the natives are turning their attention to the Bernam river. 
Copra. 
The export of copra from Perak, valued at £52,000, shows an 
increase of 7,500 pikuls. The price was considerably higher. 
The Gapis Estate, on the wav from Taiping to Kuala Kangsar, 
obtained from 25,000 nuts the fine average of one pikul of copra from 
188 nuts. 
General. 
The Agricultural Department issued two useful circulars in the 
Malay language giving hints on this form of cultivation. 
Mr. Brown recommends the cultivation of coconuts as a sound 
and profitable investment, and advises interplanting coconuts with 
Coffea robusta as a catchcrop. 
LAND AND AGRICULTURE. 
While the gross land revenue for the year under review shows 
some diminution as compared with the figures for 1908, it is with 
satisfaction that I am again able to record that the decrease is due 
solely to a further reduction in the amount realised by land sales, and 
that receipts under other headings show a substantial advance. The 
total amount collected under all heads was $514,867 as compared with 
$532,608 in 1908 and an estimated amount of $418,225. 
The amount brought to credit in respect of land sales receded 
from $158,592 in 1908 to $122,975 in 1909. This reduction is wholly 
due to the fact that whereas a large sum was realised in the earlier 
year by the sale of town lots in Kuala Lumpur, only one such lot was 
alienated in 1909. The difference in the amounts received on this 
account only in the two years was over $56,000. While receipts from 
sales of agricultural land show a diminution of about $17,000, those in 
respect of mining lands advanced from $41,900 to $75,37°- 
