Turning to estate matters, the total area of our estate on the October '1, last was 3,878 nores. In a recent check of our boundaries, an additional area of 380 acres of unplantable Waste land was found to be included. In the estate's title deeds, and is now. added "to the acreage' under the lassifation of waste land. 103 acres fof rubber planted in 1938 are now classified az immature, and a further III acres of old cut out for replanting: in 1 acres of new land have been planted with rubber during the yea We stilt have planting rights for MOT) further area of 59% acres of New Jand, which will be utilized during the coming year. "According to the visiting ageni's last report, these new plantings are bulting on good growth ud are in tidy order and free from Tnllang. Pueraria has been planted many places and this cover Is now gelling well established.
Our annual replanting programme, which was decided upon three years go, has now been more than fulfilled.
Turning to our young mature ares the visiting agent reports as follo The trees in. these younger arcas continue to make quite satisfactory Erowth. They carry excellent crowns of foliage and, generally speaking. their rate of bark renewal 1s good. With regard to the trees in our older areas "Mr. Pinching says Generally' speaking their foliage conditions are [good and better than in the years gone by" when the elds were under Tallang. He also reports that very little damage from Oid'um occurred to the trees after the last wintering.
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