Balgownie Estate

• Hilary Rougier (H.R.) Moullin (1875-1922)
• Perladangan Kindersley
• 1915-06-30: Kindersley Brothers @ Ladang Balgownie

Asalnya sebuah ladang kopi, yang pernah terbengkalai sekitar 1902: “In mentioning that Balgownie Estate, Selangor, has been closed down, and that this is the second European estate abandoned in Kajang alone, the “Malay Mail” advocates loans from the local Government to prevent this undesirable result. It holds that there is probably a fortune to be made out of rubber if coffee estates can only tide over the ensuring three or four years in which the rubber is coming into bearing.” (The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 11 September 1902, Page 163: |"Abandoning Estates").

Ia kemudiannya ditanam getah dan digabungkan dengan Bangi Rubber Estates. Diuruskan oleh |D.C.P. Kindersley (adik kepada R.C.M. Kindersley): “These estates, which are now worked as one property, belong to the Balgownie Rubber Estates, Ltd. Originally a coffee estate of 250 acres, the property at the present time embraces 1,027 acres, of which 650 acres are under rubber. The trees vary in age from six years to six months. Tapping was commenced in 1906, and the yield was about 11,000 lbs. It is estimated that the 1907-8 crop will produce 21,000 lbs. The manager of the estate is Mr. D.C.P. Kindersley, who has two assistants, Messrs. J.S. Cooper and P.K. Paul. Mr. Kindersley was engaged originally in planting coffee, and later rubber, in Negri Sembilan. He obtained his present appointment in 1905. The capital of the company owning the property is 200,000 dollars, of which there is issued 105,000 dollars. The directors are Messrs. W.M. Sime, V.R. Wickwar, and A.W. Beau, and the secretaries, Messrs. Gunn & Co., of Singapore.”

“Balgownie Estate. 1. Tapping six years old rubber trees. 2. Eighteen months old rubber trees. 3. Rambong rubber trees (five years old). 4. General view.”

(Sumber: Arnold Wright, 1908: |"Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources", m.s. 445).

Laporan mesyuarat lembaga pengarah Ladang Balgownie, dipengerusikan oleh R.C.M. Kindersley. Antara isu yang dibangkitkan ialah kesan penorehan getah berlebihan (overtapping) di Bangi, serta penutupan hospital ladang di Reko, setelah hospital Kajang dibuka kepada warga estet-estet (bangunan barunya telah pun siap dibina pada tahun 1910 (Hospital Kajang, 2016: |"Sejarah")).

Sumber:-

	Tarikh	Butiran Keratan
	1915.06.30	"Balgownie Rubber Estates Ltd". Malaya Tribune., 30 June 1915, Page 4

“Gambar menunjukkan Hospital Daerah Kajang. 2.8.1967” (Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia, 1967: |"Hospital Daerah Kajang.", |"Hospital Daerah Kajang.").

“The area of Braemar estate has been increased by the purchase of the adjoining Balgownie estate, consisting of 460 acres of planted rubber and 56 acres of reserve.” (Malaya Tribune, 28 May 1926, Page 8: |"COMPANY REPORTS").

LATAR PERISTIWA: Braemar Estate (1896)

Kiri: Balgownie Estate, 1904, ditandakan dengan garisan hijau tua (berdasarkan peta Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1904 @ Yale University Library - Digital Collections: |"Selangor, Federated Malay States, 1904 / John Bartholomew & Co ; W.T. Wood, chief draftman").
Kanan: Balgownie dan Bangi Estate, 1929, ditandakan dengan garisan hijau tua (berdasarkan peta Edward Stanford @ F.M.S. Survey Department, 1929: |"1929 F.M.S. Wall Map of Selangor (Kuala Lumpur)").

Kiri: Balgownie dan Bangi Estate, 1950 (berdasarkan peta Surveyor General, Malaya, 1950 @ Australian National University: |"Malaysia, Malaya, Selangor 1950, Land Use, South Sheet, 1950, 1:126 720").
Kanan: Balgownie dan Bangi Estate, kini (berdasarkan peta Mapcarta).

LATAR PERISTIWA: Perihal Perladangan RCM dan DCP Kindersley.

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