The rubber tree book . Malay States and Straits Settlements suchthings as freehold land are comparatively rare, although theydo exist, and land is now acquired from Government, subjectto an annual rental of per acre for the first year, andthereafter at the rate of per acre. Many of the oldcompanies, of course, hold land on very much better termsthan these, mostly averaging fifty cents per acre, but no grantsare now issued on such terms. In Sumatra there are duties to be paid to Governmentbefore a title is issued, and these, while varying in differentdistricts, usually average about
The rubber tree book . Malay States and Straits Settlements suchthings as freehold land are comparatively rare, although theydo exist, and land is now acquired from Government, subjectto an annual rental of per acre for the first year, andthereafter at the rate of per acre. Many of the oldcompanies, of course, hold land on very much better termsthan these, mostly averaging fifty cents per acre, but no grantsare now issued on such terms. In Sumatra there are duties to be paid to Governmentbefore a title is issued, and these, while varying in differentdistricts, usually average about per acre, the proceedsbeing divided between the Government and the local nativeSultan. In addition there is an annual rental to be paid,equal to one shilling per acre, which is also divided betweenthe Dutch Government and the local Sultan. Leases are forseventy-five years and are renewable. It should be borne in mind that, in Sumatra, grants of landare always subject to native rights as to fruit trees and to 50. Fig. io.—A Thirteen-year-old Hevea. LAND GRANTS 53 kampong lands, and that these rights are sometimes extremelytroublesome. There is a scale fixed by Government showingthe rates at which these fruit trees growing wild m the junglemust be acquired. By means of private bargaining, however,the trees can sometimes be acquired at half, or less than half,these scale rates. These fruit trees are not necessarily treesbearing fruits, but include such trees as the Fiais elastica,which the natives have been in the habit of tapping for rubberon their own account. Their presence is a great hindrance tothe operations of felling, and more especially of burning, asthey must not be wilfully injured. The natives have also aright to walk into the plantation and visit these trees wheneverthey feel inclined to do so, and this is very undesirable. It is,therefore, much better to endeavour to acquire the trees, ifpossible, at a reasonable figure. At least one large company came to g
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