G Planters Must Register
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Cocoa Plantations
'From Our Qwn Correspondent.
Moresby, Jan. 1.
PPLICATION forms for registra tion of cocoa plantations are f available from the Agricultural •artment at Port Moresby, and n various District Officers and icultural Officers as well as the nters’ Association of New Guinea.
Registration is compulsory under Ordinance recently passed by the iua and New Guinea Legislative
jncil.
'omplete registration of all cocoa ss will enable their inspection fold any serious disease occur.
Jerience in West Africa has shown I disease spreads rapidly from Jected and almost forgotten bush ntings to well-tended commercial illations. territory cocoa acreage is increas rapidly, and last year output was irly 500 tons.