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The average price per pikul was $9.50. 
The standard of copra manufactured by Europeans continues to 
be excellent, but the native manufacturers are still very careless and 
use unripe nuts. 
Average Price of Coconuts: 
Perak — 
Lower Perak 
3 to 4 cents each 
Kuala Kangsar .. 
3 to 4 
Krian 
3 to 4 „ 
Upper Perak 
3 to 4 V 2 „ 
Kinta 
3 to 6 
Bating Padang ... 
5 to 6 
Selangor — 
Kuala Selangor and Bernam 
2 to 5 cents each 
Klang and Kuala Langat ... 
5 to 6 
Kuala Lumpur, Ulu Selangor and Ulu 
Langat 
4 to 8 
Negri Sembilan — 
Cost 
2 to 3 cents each 
Seremban and Jelebu 
2 to 6 
Tampin 
3 to 4 „ 
Kuala Pilah 
4 to 6 „ 
Pahang 
2 to 16 
General.— In August, Mr. Brown published a pamphlet 
coconut cultivation, being Bulletin No. 11 
of the Department 
Agriculture. 
Prospects. Referring to the previous report in which it was 
anticipated that further extension of the cultivation might be looked 
for I am pleased to able to report that this expectation has been 
fully'" realised, in fact at no time has the future of the industry 
appeared more promising. 
It seems to have dawned upon the Europeans at last, now so 
much interested in rubber, that it would be well to have two strings 
to their bow; and where could be found, considering the very 
favourable conditions under which coconuts grow on the flat alluvial 
land near the coast, a safer or sounder investment than the cultiva- 
tion of “ the Consols of the East ” ? 
In consequence, during the 3 r ear under review, many thousands 
of acres have been alienated for coconuts while the demand for 
further land for the same purpose is as strong as ever. 
Under these circumstances it would not be surprising to find in a 
few 3 r ears time that the area under the cultivation of coconuts may 
equal if not exceed that under rubber. 
T. C. NOCK, 
Acting Inspector of Coconut Plantations. 
