Expenditure on the hospital and sanitation work was. great by St. $472, owing to the. treatment and precautions that had to be taken as for a period. malaria was. prevalent. The upkeep of the gardens cost St. $040 more, due to the higher wages that had to be pald and to the amount of work that ing the rough that hag been allowed to come in during the 1935 may be described as a of cleaning up and the work being now completed the expenditure on upkeep during the current year should be considerably less, "The rent which had been temporarily Teduced by the government during the depression reverted to the original gute and accounted for an Increase of St. $629. Duty was St. $1,244 more, owing to the cess made by the Government on the quantity of rubber exported.
Capital expenditure was_ negligible and amounted to only which was spent on the non-produc-Ing area of eight acres Finanelally the position s moderately satisfactory since on December 31, 1035, the liquid assets exceeded the cash liabilities by Sh. very little for me. to gardens are now clean from noxious weedi and any cases of disease that are discovered are iven prompt attention, As is ease on all old properties root disaas the chief trouble encountered and 187 trees were lost from this cause during the yenr.
The buildings and machinery were given the necessary upkeep and are satisfactory condition.
At the end of the year 140 acres of rubber were out of tapping as the export quota could ye obtained from the balance of the estate.
The standard production for 1090 hasbeen set at 231,020 Ib, an Increase of 2810 Ib, of which allowance G0 per cent, is at present exportable.
T must take advantage of the opportunity to express our, very Dest thanks to the manager, to the agents in Penang and to the' visiting fayent for the very able manner in Which they have administered the affairs of the estate during the yer under review.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.