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Tephresia. 
Cost of establishing Tephresia . . . . $4.00 
Keeping drains clean . , . . . . 1.00 
• Land Rent . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 
Cut down Tephrosia twice . . . . 2.00 
Various . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 
Supervision . . . . . . . . 1.00 
Total cost 1st Year $10.00 
2nd and following years. 
As above less $4,00 for establishing Teph- 
rosia . . $6.00 
Total expenses for 5 years' . . . . $34.00 
Total saving . . . . . . . . $66.00 
F. Zernichow, 
Jendarata Estate, 
Teluk Anson. 
VARIOUS NOTES. 
During a visit of inspection to Penang and Province 
Wellesley in February, I had the pleasure of visiting 
Caledonia estate, and Tali Aver estate as well as some 
other sugar and rubber plantations under the management 
of the Hon. John Turner, who was kind enough to let me 
see as much of the working of these estates as time per- 
mitted. It was a treat to see the rubber aff Caledonia which 
I had seen in its very earliest days, now producing a good 
return of high class rubber. Part of this ground was 
originally a lalang field, with the grass high all over it, 
and through this the rubber was planted, and no expensive 
digging or changkoling used. Now the rubber having shad- 
ed and the lalang gone, not a blade can be seen anywhere, 
and the rubber trees are strong large and healthy. In old 
sugar land, cleared of can§ or planted through the cane, 
the rubber has done well, and the fields at Tali Ayer where 
Mr. Petrie is at work managing, are about as good as 
anything one can desire. Trees of 34 to 4 years measuring 
18 to 20 inches round at 3 feet from the ground were not 
the exception, and these were turning out excellent sheet 
