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that given in the Director's Report last year, and might be given 
now as is. 6 d. per lb. It is obvious that the industry should be fairly 
prosperous even if the [price of rubber fell considerably below the 
minimum of 1910. 
The acreage opened in the Federated Malay States in 1910 was 
48,813 acres against 28,905 acres in 1909 and 41,813 in 1908, the 
- largest proportionate increase being in Negri Sembilan. Perak 
shows the greatest increase over 1909. 
The rubber output for the Federated Malay States again 
increased by over 100 per cent., and is almost four times as great 
as that of 1908. The output for 1910 iwas 12,563,220 lbs. against 
6,083,493 lbs. for 1909. 
The "output/’ as given here, for the Federated Malay States, 
is about 400,000 lbs. in excess of the “ export ” of rubber as returned 
by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs (12,212,526 lbs.) The 
difference, of course, represents largely the amount of rubber on 
hand, in drying houses and stores, on the plantations at the end of 
the year. The largest excess was in Perak, where a number of 
factories were making blanket crepe towards the end of the year, 
and this requires a much longer drying period than the thin crepe, and 
consequently larger amounts were in the stores than previously. 
The percentage of increase for 1910 in the various States is in : 
Selangor ... ... 90 per cent. 
Perak ... ... ... ... 190 „ 
Negri Sembilan ... ... ... 100 „ 
while Pahang now appears on our columns for the first time with an 
output of 2,483 lbs. ; this last is probably not as high as it should be, 
as the Commissioner of Trade and Customs' figures show a much 
larger export. 
The total output for the Peninsula also increased by over 100 
per cent., and amounted to over 6,400 tons as against 3,000 tons in 
1909. Large increases are shown by Province Wellesley and Johore, 
while Kelantan and Kedah now appear as exporters for the first time 
with an output of nearly 19 tons. The increase in Malacca is also 
large, but the figures for both lasfyear and this are very uncertain. 
The increase in output in the Colonies and Protected States 
for 1910 is in : 
Province W ellesky ... ... ... 50 per cent. 
Johore ... ... ... ... 100 „ 
The total acreage'planted up in rubber at the end of 1910 in the 
Federated Malay States was 245,774 acres, an increase of 25 per cent, 
over that of 1909. The total acreage for the Peninsula was 362,853 
acres, an increase of 23 per cent, on the acreage of the previous year. 
