1940-12-17 — Page 9

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Finance and

HOW FISH CAN

BE PRESERVED

Commerce

WITHOUT ICE

A Bould medium, whose main ingredient is salt and which can preserve fish for a period ofover a week in good condition, has, I understand, been discovered by the Department, writer a

* Ceylan Observer reporter.

The discovery" eliminates the use of ice.

Ice, it is mid can preserve fish in good condition for * duration of only two or three days while in the case of little fish this period is reduced to 12 to 15 hours,

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"MONUMENTS” · OF SINHALESE IRRIGATION

"The remains of ancient monu- ments. palaces and temples in the now deserted provinces of Ceylon are indeed wonderful. However, it

FINANCE

Selangor Most Backward In Rice Cultivation

The State of Selangor has been the most hackward in the mat- ter of rice cultivation and, although large tracts of land suitable for the purpose existed in the 'constal areas, no development took place In the early days and much of the very fertile belt is now under other forms of cultivation.

So mays Mr. A. G. Robinson, Director of Drainage and Irrigation, Malay States, in his, annual report for 1939:

Making a general survey of the but had not the department come work of the Department for last to the assistance of the cultiva- year, Mr. Robinson states:- tors in these areas it is certain

The department has been in ex-that they would have gone out of is doubtful if anything is more istence eight years and as Irriga-cultivation and have been aban- impressive or more likely to attracttion Engineers we are thankful to | doned

on

one to the study and consideration have had these years to improve Bince the department was form- of early Sinhalese history than our experience and technique to ed $240,000 has been spent on irri- their works of irrigation," said Mr. promote new Irrigation schemes gation works in these areas to the RL Brohler in the course of a on an ever widening scale so as end of 1939. paper

"Irrigation under to make this country' more and PAHANG'S SUCCESS · This new medium is composed on the following day at 430 pm. Sinhalese Kings" read at the more secure in its food production

Pahang has had a very good and In the dimcult chemical Whereas little parawas (2′)_re-|YMBA. recently, mainly of salt and

portentous padi season due very largely to (which the Department is not mained good for a longer period.

years that are ahead. It is encou- the fact that since the Drainage Mr. Brohier described how un- prepared to divulge at the mo-

FISHY PROBLEM ment). The chemical has at pre-

Experiments on mouldy "Kara.der the Sinhalese Kings the cul-aging to the department to have and Irrigation Department

earned the good report of Sur formed, irrigation facilities have .sent to be imported but every wadu.” treated with the same tivation of rice, the staple food or

on been given to more than half the effort is being made to find a local medium proved that the kara- the people, was the chief care and Frank Stockdale, the Adviser

the Secretary of padi area in the State which now substitute.

wadu was bereit of its aged taste, principal concern of King and Agriculture to

A survey of the quantity of fish alike and then went on to detall State for the Colonies, in his re- amounts to 40,000 acres. consumed in Ceylon, is being made the various irrigation works that port on his visit to Malaya in 1938. at present. It is interesting to were carried out. note the following minimum con- sumption figures for Colombo:-

SOME EXPERIMENTS The following are some of the experiments which were carried out to test the properties of the medium.

A Kalanda (Whiting) 6 inches in length, which was caught at 5-30 am, was kept in this medium for 2 minutes at 7.05 am, and taken out. The fish was found to "be still good, at 11 am, while an untreated specimen of the same species had started swelling.

Sir Baron Jayatilaka, comment- ing on the lecture, complimented Mr. Brohter on the great know- ledge in his subject he had brought to bear on his paper,

EYE OF SCIENCE Mr. Brohler bsd Added

JF

Sir

There BIK #pproximately 250,000 acres under padi cul- tivation in the Federated Malay States and' Straits Set- tlements, and of this area 170,000 acres have now been giren irrigation or controlled drainage.

Was

The completion of the Pahang Tua Pumping Scheme brings ini- gation to 3.000 acres, more than half of which is under jungle and all of this which is being taken Pettah:-60,000 cwta .a YCAT.. Colpetty:-5500 for 9 months.

up readily as first class land and is expected to be in cultiva- Maradana:-8,000 for. 9 months

tion in the coming season; the Borella: 3,000 for 9 months. These figures also show that

results of the 1940 harvest in the j It was fortunate that when war area are most remarkable. during the months of April, June-

According to the records of the and August the quantity of fish Baron, applied the eye of science broke cut the department had

Agricultural consumed in Colombo is generally to the subject of Irrigation in completed the surveys and investi Field Branch of the

gations and most of the planning Department no teld: in the padi less than that in May, July and ancient times.

Commenting on the paper itself, for its two major schemes in. Low-test plot falls below 500 gantang September.

er Perak and Kuala Selangor Why there is this change in al-Bir Baron said that it was un- districts, so that it was able to per acre and the maximum is 945 ) for 5 minutes. And at 9 pm, the terriate months, and why. April thinkable that the ancient Sia-set about the expansion of con- santang, per acre. fish was found to be still good. and May register a peak consump-halese could have accomplished struction work immediately funds

A seven-inch Parawa caught at ton of fish during the full moon such vast projects, as the building

were made available. was immersed for 5 are matters being probed into at of the "Yoda Ela" (Giant's Tank), without very efficient and scientific instruments.

A Kol, seven inches in length, which was caught at 5 am, was immersed in the liquid at 7 am.

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The development of Pahang is yet in its infancy and it is only now that we are able to push forward into the less po- pulated undeveloped areas in search of potential padi, land. Many of these areas may be found unsuitable for padi, but the In view of the congestion of making big strides. During the

RE-SURFACING OF BURMA ROAD KUNMING, Dec. 16 (Central)-

HUNAN HAS LARGE. TEA PRODUCTION -

The tea industry in Hur^\n",

"I think," Slr Baron, went on. 1942. It was fortunate that the naissance levelling and soil sam, jare planning to re-surface the current year 80,000 cases of red

| $1,200,000 · will be "completed in "that in earlier days irrigation was contract amounting to $142,000 for a real science. At that time the the permanent headworks to sup Sinhalese, must have used most ply irrigation to the whole area of efficient tools. But these tools and 24,000 acres had been, let at the $1385 Instruments may have been lost in end of, 1938 as it is now nearly

subsequent times."

completed and is expected to be Continuing. Bir Baron said that in operation for the coming season £26k as he listened to Mr. Brohler des- for the irrigation of 10,000 acres. £101

cribing the grandeur that Was

The opening up of the "next ancient Ceylon there were moments stage of 9,000 acres is progressing when he was elated and also mo satisfactorily, there being some 2,500 new settlers in the area. TO ments when he was sad,

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Is expected, a crop of dry padi will be grown in the coming season in the newly felled area.

An irrigation scheme has been commenced near Changkat Joun in Lower Perak for an area of 6,000 acres to be cultivated by Chinese padi planters

SELANGOR AREAN

The State of Selangor was foz- tunate in having a large area of undeveloped land along the Selan- gor coast known as Tanjong Kar-- ang, which had been the mbject

methodical renticing for recon- pling is bringing to light much information essential for the work

traffic the highway authorities

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"Lang-tea have been produced and a Ung-Wanting sections of the Burma trick tea plant to manufacture Road with asphlafen of increasing padi cultivation.

black tea for export has been The Central Motion Picture in Pahang is undoubtedly in the Studio is sending cameramen su

The future of padi cultivation

established, according to informa east but lack of population deters (thm the energetic efforts exerted tion from the Provincial Depart development. There is, however, by the Chinese to keep traffic ment of Reconstruction—(Central an maqux of padi planters from going on the Burma Road in the

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as marking the enemencement of any amount of göld: articles, the Tanjong Karang Scheme. The diamonds, silver, etc. No holidays. ares to be developed under the Apply: China- Bulding, 7th Boor. present scheme amounts to 33,000 Tel. 30727, Eurasia Gold Renning acres and with the Panchang Bed. Co. ena area of 15,000 aures, which will also be irrigated by this, scheme, the padi area in the State win be quadrupita". since the Department of Trainage and Irrigation was formed.

The total cost of the scheme. Inclusive of the controlled drainage scheme at Panchang Bedena" and the construction of the coast `bünd, which is nearing "completion, is $2.000,- 000,

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