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tf.ttMns!i tnto Mh4ttiicM t&n>*et b* •tt*r*li* 
then unstable, Agriculture Jits not recoire* any 
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&n; s^rlotis Mew frwi t?i# Vir|i XnsttiA th«r# is i 
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3.an* Won in Malaoea, nan who are getting rewenAe 
from lac i— plantc* nkbor an snail hoi *1 tigs putting 
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it into nose lan*; while at the sana tine tha 
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Batatas MS asking for nora labour than tham is 
available* Pasts have aawhere been serious! an* itn*ar 
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a special Cffiear tha increase af locusts in 
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Malacca appears to haws been chock©*. 
In Singapore islan* tha production af narkat- 
garden crops has NNMH nora nearly 
snfMciaai for tha *anan* than at any *ats sinaa 
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tha sudden growth of planting took tha snail nan 
off their plots; so that tha priaa af all 
vegetables an* sons fruits has dropped considerably^ 
Whan tha war breko cut tha anxiety oB tha 
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rubbe.—producing eenpanles was considerable ! , pretapt 
sailing for nest of than waa necessary far supplying 
working capital;- an* it was far fren clear 
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that they uculd ha able to sellw tnder tha clrewastancee 
nany ) aapaaially these with he!*inss is Malacca, hetge* 
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hy resorting to half—tino tapping. Sens haws sins# 
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in several instansas a*nltta* to a shortage af output 
as a consequence*. But happily it took only a 
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fortnight far aieertaining that to out *awn work was 
not necessarys skilful hsn*ling of the financial 
situation in London, local assurance of aonatary help, 
an* the probability af fraa*on of tha aaaa ast 
tapping going again** Meanwhile dow clearances at tha 
