By rveans of the fresh planting in the territory 
of jjal&eca the increase^/ of the area *m*X« 
*-ill he not inconsiderable. fc&nbiar, coconuts 
and tapioca are at th© nan© tin© 4 > o in ^ restricted. 
r> 
In spit© of tj* hich prtw at vhsch ranhier stand 
% 
o 
there in no >si£n of an ^xt-vision for it: and 
T,T ith the clearing array of unreserved format for rubber 
* 
the local nupply of fi rawed for boiling it will 
still less ruff i ca* Oeeenntn are bene ant out of 
nixe4 planting*'* tapioca occupies less land; but 
*“* 
there exists a "coat inters-it in it in the Southern 
in leading 
Bistriai which ^ MlQa^mHK to local pi anting, Eh a 
ri ee 1 and ap- v etts© - to-- -ba^ »ioither nc re extansivaly no r 
batter cultivated than in the last few yearn, 
al though none pre*vmra ha* been brough to bear on 
the arnaraS. Ehey complain of the wi\y in ^hich 
>C*y 
&{© Sand now that no r.ueh 
>&: and that nuoh 
*x 
the rainfall rune <» fw - * > 
of utbb 
uplands have 
been 
do a 
soil has 
been washed 
into 
the 
It also 
appeals that 
they 
nake 
the?, r til 
1 aye to the 
condi 
tiom. 
Malacca's export of cinder has been doubles, 
apparently art a result of extended market garden 
’ 
cultivations Eh© xrort of areoa nuts has been above 
/ ,. » i * 
>§, !■ j y t«-*. 
averagei a result of the excellent crop ***£ 
1914, Ehes© twa products f? nd their market with*iu 
; '-v. ./ 
A«i|v, • Piue-appl s* hav© been ineroaeingly plaited 
jf 
in ; Malacca; but there is not evidence of an increase 
'\ * f 
** 
Df the cultivation of frnit trees. Eh© yield cf 
/ 
» > 
f^i\t jif&s. fair to good, 
J ! A 
u 
tingaper© island rmch of the land narrl r 
