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is being won by a Japanese Company. This is taken 
entirely from surface outcrops. In the year 1922 
over 111,000 tons of this ore were exported. 
As stated above there is at present an embargo 
on the alienation of land for rubber cultivation. 
Applications for land required for other forms of 
cultivation or for mining are received at the Land 
Office of the District in which the land is situated. 
At these District Land Offices facilities may readily 
be obtained for the exploration and examination of 
State lands by intending applicants. Those who 
desire to acquire State lands, whether in small 
or in large holdings, are required to satisfy the 
administration that there is capital available for 
development. 
The land administration of Johore is under the 
direction of a Commissioner of Lands and Mines 
stationed at Johore Bahru. This Officer is also 
Registrar of Titles for the State. He is assisted 
by Collectors of Land Revenue at Johore Bahru, 
Batu Pahat, Muar, Segamat and Mersing. The land 
revenue for the first eight months of 1923 was 
$1,506,100. 
Speaking generally the Northern half of the 
State contains the more attractive land to rubber 
planters. Coconuts flourish in the flat lands on the 
West Coast where conditions are in all respects 
similar to the well-known coconut producing areas 
of Lower Perak. 
For a new country Johore is well roaded and has 
a main artery for transport in the Railway. The 
recently completed causeway over the Tebrau Straits 
affords ready access to Singapore by road or rail. 
There is through road communication with Malacca 
and Negri Sembilan. 
