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Protective belts are I believe intended partly to vary the kind cf 
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cultivation*but also tc prevent the spread of disease*As ere cf the 
commonest ways in which plant diseases are borne is by the wind*! iriagin 
the jungle should be p^ese^ved when it exists ir protective belts* 
2. Refer the the 1 of f? 
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yes 
s d.l,S.Bases li/3/1? 
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Referred for favour of your remaps as tc (Iff) 
Inti.I.•.li/3/1? 
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1 assume the H.JTs rote of ilh February 1917 closes ore argument arc 
that the impaired belts are tc be retain el sard that you are row asking 
me hew? 
By ir&pectici * 
If you hard then; ever to the ynvs&t I3;t. the cost of inspection will 
fall cr to the Forst.t. and feeing as they are the revenue returned 
tc ueet the cost wii-1 L >2 little* 
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If you insist or the lard officers inspecting; the cost will be there 
approximately the same as from the lowest inspection^but let out there 
yill be revenue* 
If you are going to retain the belts you must provide fc this cost: 
but let cut the land order the previsions necessary tc prevent rubber 
being grown by all means* 
Bring all the leased lands within the Protective belts cn to a rcu, 
and cause a subordinate to fill in a return cf the crops on them. 
Repeat' every four years,and order the removal cf all trees planted m 
erntreventien of the leasi.If they are thus cut cut as they come into 
bearing,offences will fee few. 
sd.l*H.IurRill 19/3/1? 
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