During the year the sum of $34,- 274.39 was spent on replanting a further 70 acres of the poorest rubber on the estate and on upkeeping the 110 acres replanted last year and the 60 acres reclaimed from the boundaries during the last two years. This sum it is proposed shall be written off out of profits, The replanted areas have been planted with special selected clonal seed and the young plants are reported to be making excellent progress.
The standard of tapping is satisfactory and the rate of bark consumption and renewal is normal, The average area in tapping throughout the year was 1,264 acres which yielded at the rate of 455 Ibs. per acre per annum
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