14 acres of the inferior area were cut out and replanted with selected seedlings and bud graftings during the year, since the good progress made by' the areas that were planted during previous years justi. fied a continuation of this work. As regards the main area of the estate, the trees are reported to have benefitted very materially from the mild tapping system that was adopted few years ago and from the planting of mimosa which has deposited fine layer of humus in the gardens. This plant is being dug into the ground now and its place will bel taken by some permanent _green cover, The rate of bark renewal} has greatly increased and the reserves of bark are now ample for all requirement The new road has been almost) completed and it is now possible to reach the manager's house by motor in dry weather of the rond still req and when this has been done, cost of transport should be reduced very considerably. The expenditure] fon this road during the year was} Guilders 4,353.55.
There where everything ix progressing normally and satisfactorily. The cost. of production at pence per pound is cheaper than that on any other property that I know of and {slightly ters than half the cost in.
red on Kali Minggir. The main} factor governing the cost of produc. tion is, of course, the quantity of rubber produced per acre which on Bando Ardjo was 325 Ib. and on Kail Minggir 194 th. neither of ich are anything "cut of the ary, s0 that the cheap cost on Bandoarijo reflects all the more credit on the manager.
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