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6. Such rules shall deal with the following subjects, and no others : . 
I. The dates on which nurseries, irrigation, planting out, fencing, and burning- 
stubble shall be commenced and completed. 
II, The nature and dimension of the fences, if any, and the portion of each 
fence to be completed by each planter, where bendang fields are 
contiguous. 
III. The temporary occupation of fallow or abandoned land. 
7. All previous Orders on the above subjects are hereby repealed. 
XXI. 
Taiping, 1st April, 1892. 
To W. H. Treacher Esq., c.m.g., 
Acting British Resident. 
Sir —I have the honour to forward a short report on my enquiries about the rice 
in Perak, Straits Settlements and Rangoon. You will see that there is very little of 
the Perak rice sold in the market, it being principally disposed of as padi. 
2. Padi grown in Perak is worth $2.15 per bag. A bag of padi usually con- 
tains 30 gantangs. 
3. The Perak rice is only used by Malays. It is very seldom brought Into the 
market for sale here in small quantities. If the rice was sufficient that is grown in 
Perak, the Chinese would be very glad to buy it, because it would be a big saving in 
transport. 
4. The Straits rice is $3.40 per pikul. A good deal of the Straits rice is sold in 
the Taiping market; it varies in price, the best being sold at $3.60. 1 am informed 
that the rice grown in the Straits is better than the Rangoon, but not sufficient for the 
demand. 
5. Rangoon rice, I am informed, is mostly used by the miners, who use it chiefly 
for making kanji, which is greatly used by the Chinese miners. When it is cooked, 
owing to the large grain, it yields more rice in the pan than the Straits rice. The 
Cantonese prefer the Straits rice. If there were more rice grown in Perak and brought 
into the market, it would be the means of keeping the prices down. The Rangoon 
prices lately have been very high, on account of bad crops in Burmah. On my way 
to England I visited Rangoon, went up country and saw several padi fields, wffiich 
extended for 50 or 60 miles in length. In looking round, I often thought of Perak, 
and reflected on the hundreds of acres of land which could be utilized for padi. I may 
mention several of the valleys from the foot of the path r at Bukit Gantang, through 
Trong to Sungei Tinggi, which could be used for planting padi and which has been 
proved not to be tin-bearing land ; also going south from Trong to the Ulu Bruas. 
There are hundreds of acres could be planted in padi in various other places which I 
could mention. I am very sorry I have had no more time or I might have sent more 
information in than now. 
I have, &c., 
W. SCOTT, 
Inspector of Mines. 
British Resident’s Office, 
Taipwig, 2 r ]th April , 1892. 
To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, 
Straits Settlements. 
Sir,— R eferring to my letter No. enclosing reports on the subject of the 
extension of the cultivation of padi and other food grains, I have the honour to 
transmit copy of suggestions for legislation put forward by H.H. the Sultan, but re- 
ceived too late to be forwarded with the other enclosures in my letter above 
quoted. 
I have, &c., 
W. H. TREACHER, 
Acting British Resident . 
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