354 
Perak 
Selangor . . 
Negri Sembilan 
Pahang 
Total 
131,830 acres 
111,710 „ 
58,718 „ 
17,464 „ 
319,722 acres 
This acreage, which excludes padi lands and horti- 
culture, was planted with staple products as follows: — 
Coconuts 
Rubber 
Coffee . . . . 
Other forms of cultivation, 
chiefly Tapioca 
118,697 acres 
168,048 
8,431 
24,546 
Total . . 319,722 acres 
The acreage under coconuts increased during 1908 by 
3,310 acres in Perak, 1,848 acres in Selangor, 779 acres in 
Negri Sembilan and 200 acres in Pahang. 
The increase in the rubber acreage during the year was 
made up of 10,539 acres in Perak, 20,694 acres in Selangor, 
9,649 acres in Negri Sembilan and 931 acres in Pahang. 
Rubber has now become the most important form of 
cultivation in these States and the acreage under rubber is 
much in excess of that of any other form of cultivation. 
The number of Rubber estates in the Federated Malay 
States is given as 300 and their acreage as 455,596 with 
168,048 acres actually planted with rubber. 
The number of trees the Director of Agriculture gives 
as 26,165,310. The out-put of dry rubber is quoted as 
3,190,000 lbs. ( = 1,425 tons) against 1,980,000 lbs. ( = 885 
tons) in 1907. 
The distribution of 168,048 acres of rubber land is 
given as Perak 56,706 acres, Selangor 82,246 acres, Negri 
Sembilan 27,305 acres and Pahang 1,791 acres. During 
the year under review the applications for land for the pur- 
v poses of rubber cultivation showed a falling off but there 
would appear to have been no decrease of activity in plant- 
ing operations in land already alienated. 
The planting of Para rubber (Hevea braziliensis) has 
almost entirely superseded that of Rambong ( Ficus elas - 
tica) which was regarded with great favour by many 
planters a few years ago. 
During the year 1908, according to the Director of 
Agriculture, the price of rubber varied from 3/- a pound in 
