British Economic Development in South East Asia, 1880–1939, Volume 1: Agriculture

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This collection focuses on the economic development of the areas of SE Asia with which Britain had a trading relationship. Covering 1880–1939, the economic growth of the region is revealed through a selection of rare primary resources organized thematically with sections dedicated to agriculture, mining, trade, labour, finance and infrastructure. Contents Acknowledgements General Introduction Editorial Selection and Textual Principles Agriculture R. G. Watson, The Land Laws and Land Administration of the Federated Malay States (1908) D. H. Grist, Malaya: Agriculture, ‘Land Tenure’ (1929), extract Anon., The Land Regulations of British North Borneo, 1894: Approved by the Court of Directors of the British North Borneo Company, on the 5th Day of June, 1894 (1894) L. Wray Jr, Notes on Perak with a Sketch of its Vegetable, Animal and Mineral Products (1886), extract Anon., General Cultivation (1924) G. E. Shaw, Malay Industries. Part 3. Rice Planting (1911), extract Anon., ‘Report of the Rice Cultivation Committee, 1931. Volume 1’ (1931), extract A. B. Jordan, ‘Memorandum. Rice Cultivation by Chinese in Malaya, 11th October, 1930’ (1930), extract F. Noel-Paton, Burma Rice (1912) E. Macfadyen, Rubber Planting in Malaya (1924), extract D. H. Grist, Nationality of Ownership and Nature of Constitution of Rubber Estates in Malaya (1933) Anon., Report of the Commission Appointed by His Excellency the High Commissioner for the Malay States to Enquire Whether Any Action Should be Taken by the Government to Give Protection or Assistance to the Rubber Industry (1918) Anon., Economic Survey of the Sugarcane Industry in the East Central,Tenasseria and Northern Agricultural Circles (1926) D. H. Grist, Malaya: Agriculture, ‘Oil Palms’ (1929), extract H. L. Coghlan, Coconut Industry in Malaya (1924), extract Anon., Report of a Committee … to Investigate and Report on the Present Economic Condition of the Coconut and Other Vegetable Oil Producing Industries in Malaya (1934), extract G. E. S. Cubitt, Wood in the Federated Malay States: Its Use, Misuse and Future Provision (1920), extract J. P. Mead, Annual Report on Forest Administration in Malaya including Brunei, 1939 (1939) ‘Notes on Forest Exploitation and the Forestry Service in British North Borneo and Dutch N.E Borneo’ ([1937]), extract Anon., Forestry in Brunei: A Statement Prepared for the British Empire Forestry Conference, South Africa, 1935 (1935) Anon., Burma Teak (1935), extract R. L. German, Handbook to British Malaya (1927), extract R. Winstedt, Malay Industries. Part 2. Fishing, Hunting and Trapping (1909), extract C. Maxwell, Preliminary Report on the Economic Position of the Fishing Industry of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States (1919), extract Editorial Notes List of Sources