This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...conditions for growth, (b) sources of supply. 6. Why is the Malay Peninsula so well adapted for coco-nut cultivation? Mention the various products obtained from the coco-nut palm. 7. What recent industrial developments have led to a big increase in the demand for (a) rubber, (b) tin? 8. Draw a. sketch ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...conditions for growth, (b) sources of supply. 6. Why is the Malay Peninsula so well adapted for coco-nut cultivation? Mention the various products obtained from the coco-nut palm. 7. What recent industrial developments have led to a big increase in the demand for (a) rubber, (b) tin? 8. Draw a. sketch map to illustrate the position of Singapore as the Halfway House of the East. Indicate, as far as possible, the nature of the goods travelling along each route. Development Agency By courtesy of the F.M.S. COCO-NUT PLANTATION IN THE FEDERATED MALAY Smrrss. LESSON XIX. THE EAST INDIES OR MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 1. Draw a section along the equator from Long. 95 E. to Long. I 3 5 E., horizontal scale twice that of the map, vertical scale 1 in. =6000 ft. 2. Assuming that the altitude of the sun increases 1 in four days, calculate the total yearly period that the sun is overhead in the Malay Archipelago. 3. What is the mid-day altitude of the sun at Batavia on June 21, Mar. 21, Dec. 21? 4. Assuming that the rainy period sets in about a month after the sun is in the zenith, calculate the approximate dates at which the rainy periods will commence at Batavia, Pontianak, Manila. Extent and divisions. The Malay Archipelago is held to include all the islands that dot the ocean between SE. Asia and Australia from meridian 95 E. eastward to meridian 135 E. With the exception of the Philippines, they lie within ten degrees of the equator, are inhabited largely by Malays, and belong almost entirely to Holland. The Philippines a.re ruled by the United States, while N.W. Borneo and part of Timor belong to Britain and Portugal respectively. Natural divisions. Physically the islands can be divided into two archipelagoes by a line drawn between the...
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