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export in British Malaya and from many places in 
the Netherlands Indies and the Philippine Islands 
comes to Singapore. The average volume of trade 
in rattans at Singapore for the years 1900 — 1920 
was: — 
Imports 457,713 pikuls*, with a value of 
§3,728,773. 
Exports 436,193 pikuls, with a value of 
$4,709,619. 
This shows a loss of volume of 21,520 pikuls per 
year and a nett gain in value of nearly $1,000,000 
per year by the treatment which rattans receive in 
Singapore, or an increase in average price from $8.14 
per pikul to $10.80 per pikul. 
The trade is largely in the hands of Chinese, 
who do nearly all of the work of preparing the rattan 
fos^ export. 
*133 h lbs. 
