registration in the land offices of the rubber trees growing in t h 
different divisions of every district. As the measure came into force 
only at the commencement of the present year, observations upon its 
practical application cannot yet be made. 
Coffee. 
There has been some futher diminution in the area of land under 
coffee, and this form of cultivation is now hardly of sufficient import- 
ance to merit special notice. Its removal has continued on many 
estates, on the other hand it continues to be planted^ on some of the 
more recently opened properties, presumably in order to afford some 
return pending the maturity of the rubber. 1 he total estimated area 
is rather over 10,000 acres, of which but all a thousand acres is 
the districts of Klang and Kuala Langat. I believe, however, that 
over a large proportion of this area it is merely interplanted with 
other products. 
The amount exported was 13,180 pikuls, on which $13,398 was 
paid as duty. 
Coconuts. 
Particulars relating to the cultivation of coconuts are contained 
in the subjoined extracts from the report of the Inspector- 
“I estimate 25,818 as the approximate acreage under 
coconuts in the State at the end of 1909, an increase of 2,649 
acres as compared with the year before. Of this acreage 
nearly 2,000 acres were opened up in the Klang and Kuala 
Langat districts. The extension of European-owned estates 
was over 1,000 acres. 
“ Beetles, on the whole, gave very little trouble during the 
year, and in every case where they made their appearance 
in anything like unusual numbers the outbreak was traced 
to the breeding place which was destroyed. 
“The estates where the trees are in bearing obtained 
satisfactory results and the young plants on the more 
recently opened estates are coming on very well indeed and 
show excellent growth. 
“The crops have not been so heavy as last year perhaps 
due to the heavy rain at the commencement of the year, on 
the other hand the increased price of copra has made up toi 
the falling off in the yield. 
“The export of copra from the State during the year was 
46,826 pikuls, value $323,193, an increase of 25,947 pikuls as 
compared with the year before. 
“The price all round was considerably higher than last 
year and was never below $7.50 while it touched as high as 
$10.50 towards the end of the year. 
