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Cigarette Card, Malayan Industries, Native Sugar, Malaya
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Subject :Cigarette Card, Malayan Industries, Native Sugar, Malaya
Published By : Carreras High-Class Cigarettes Arcadia Works London, England.
Location : Malaya
Estimated Year : 1929
Media Type : Photograph
Source : Ian Anderson, Ipoh / Kinta Properties Group
Remark : The picture, part of a 27 card set, shows Native Sugar Mill, Malaya (card No. 26). On the reverse of the card is the description, "The cultivation of sugar-cane in Malaya is now entirely confined to small areas where it is grown for eating purposes. The sugar-cane is a tall grass or reed, reaching a height of from eight to twelve feet. It is said that cane was cultivated by Chinese in Province Wellesley long before the colonisation of Penang in 1786".
Filename : 20080118-223