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Prices. — The price of coconut, s in the various districts 
during the year was as follows: 
Batang Padang 
0 
to 
8 cents each 
Kuala Lumpur, Ulu Selangor and 
Flu Langat 
5 
to 
Krian and SeJ insing 
5 
to 
b 
Kuala Pilah 
4 
to 
Ixinta. 
O 
to 
8 
Lower Perak 
3 
to 
b 
Kuala Kangsar and Upper Perak . . 
*> 
O 
to 
5 „ 
La rut and Matang 
*> 
o 
to 
4 
Klang arid Kuala Langat 
o 
o 
to 
4 ,, 
Pahang . . 
2 
to 
lb 
Kuala Selangor and Bernam . . 
o 
to 
b „ 
Seremban and Jelebu . . 
2 
to 
b 
Coast 
2 
to 
o 
& 9? 
Tampin . . 
2 
to 
b 
Prospects. — The prospects of the industry appear to 
me to be still hopeful and encouraging, and I look forward 
to a steady development in the cultivation, both by 
Europeans and the native community, during the current 
year. 
At the Agri- Horticultural Show, held at Kuala Lumpur 
in August, the coconut industry was well represented both 
by the Colony and the Federated Malay States. The 
exhibits of coconuts, copra, coconut oil, etc., were exception- 
ally line, and the States carried off nearly all the prizes in 
this particular section. 
L. C. BROWN, 
Inspector of Coconut Plantations, P. M. S. 
REPORT ON EXPERIMENTAL PLANTATIONS 
FOR THE YEAR 1908. 
The chief work of the year has been the development 
of the Kuala Lumpur Experiment Plantation. 
Expenditure. — The total expenditure for 1908 on the 
Kuala Lumpur and Batu.Tiga Plantations, exclusive of 
establishments, was $13,420.75, which shows a saving on the 
estimates of $1,279.25. 
Labour Supply. — The supply of coolies has been very 
satisfactory, and the health, on the whole, good. Towards 
the end of the year there was a considerable amount of 
malarial fever amongst the coolies at Kuala Lumpur. 
