| * **1896**: Memperolehi anak pokok getah dari H.N. Ridley (Botanical Gardens, Singapura), lalu menanamnya di [[https://kajang.pulasan.my/inchkenneth_estate|Ladang Inch Kenneth]] (berkeluasan 5 ekar), sebagai ladang getah pertama di Malaya: //"The original purpose of the Kindersley brothers was to open coffee estates (free of the restriction to 250 acres in the Klang valley), but in 1896 H. N. Ridley, Curator of the Botanic Gardens in Singapore, supplied them with rubber seedlings to plant an experimental 5 acres on Inch Kenneth estate, near Kajang. They are generally credited with being the first to plant rubber on a commercial scale in Malaya. The collapse of the coffee industry in 1899 brought the Kindersleys to the brink of ruin but these dogged Scotsmen survived the crisis and went on to become prominent in the new industry. One of them, R. C. M. Kindersley, was an unofficial member of the FMS Federal Council in the 1920s. The example of the Kindersleys led to the creation of a group of estates, mostly within a mile or two of the railhead (1897) at Kajang. The Kindersleys owned Balgownie, Inch Kenneth, and Bangi estates. In 1898 Lau Boon Tit opened Semenyih estate, which was later acquired by the Asiatic Rubber Produce Company. Lau 'went for broke' in planting 54 acres of rubber in 1898. A few years later, the FMS Rubber Co. owned West Country, Belmont, and Ayer Hitam estates, and E. V. Carey, chairman of the Selangor Planters' Association, opened Paradise estate. Thus, for the first time, Ulu Langat became a flourishing 'planting district'. It was a turning point."// ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Gullick|J.M. Gullick]], 2007: {{ :buku:a_short_history_of_ulu_langat.pdf ||}}[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/41493693|"A Short History of Ulu Langat to 1900"]]), m.s. 16-17). | * **1896**: Memperolehi anak pokok getah dari H.N. Ridley (Botanical Gardens, Singapura), lalu menanamnya di [[https://kajang.pulasan.my/inchkenneth_estate|Ladang Inch Kenneth]] (berkeluasan 5 ekar), sebagai ladang getah pertama di Malaya: //"The original purpose of the Kindersley brothers was to open coffee estates (free of the restriction to 250 acres in the Klang valley), but in 1896 H. N. Ridley, Curator of the Botanic Gardens in Singapore, supplied them with rubber seedlings to plant an experimental 5 acres on Inch Kenneth estate, near Kajang. They are generally credited with being the first to plant rubber on a commercial scale in Malaya. The collapse of the coffee industry in 1899 brought the Kindersleys to the brink of ruin but these dogged Scotsmen survived the crisis and went on to become prominent in the new industry. One of them, R. C. M. Kindersley, was an unofficial member of the FMS Federal Council in the 1920s. The example of the Kindersleys led to the creation of a group of estates, mostly within a mile or two of the railhead (1897) at Kajang. The Kindersleys owned Balgownie, Inch Kenneth, and Bangi estates. In 1898 Lau Boon Tit opened Semenyih estate, which was later acquired by the Asiatic Rubber Produce Company. Lau 'went for broke' in planting 54 acres of rubber in 1898. A few years later, the FMS Rubber Co. owned West Country, Belmont, and Ayer Hitam estates, and E. V. Carey, chairman of the Selangor Planters' Association, opened Paradise estate. Thus, for the first time, Ulu Langat became a flourishing 'planting district'. It was a turning point."// ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Gullick|J.M. Gullick]], 2007: {{ :buku:a_short_history_of_ulu_langat.pdf ||}}[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/41493693|"A Short History of Ulu Langat to 1900"]]), m.s. 16-17). |
| | * **1901**: R.C.M. Kindersley membuka ladang durian seluas 12 ekar di Jalan Kajang-Cheras: //"District Office, Ulu Langat, 16th January, 1904: Sir, I have the honour to forward an application from Mr. R.C.M. Kindersley of Kajang for 12 acres of waste land situated on the Kajang Cheras road. 2. Mr. Kindersley intends to plant durians on this land and I see no objection to letting him have the land. 3. I recommend the rent be $1/-an acre no premium should be charged as the land contains no fruit trees or anything of value. 4. I put up a tracing of the land applied for. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, ?Hill(?), District Officer, Ulu Langat."// (Arkib Negara 1957/0100498W, 16/01/1901: {{ :arkib:19570100498d02.pdf ||}}[[https://ofa.arkib.gov.my/ofa/digital/asset/789488|"APPLICATION OF MR. KINDERSLY FOR 12 ACRES OF WASTE LAND AT KAJANG-CHERAS ROAD"]]). |
| * **1904**: R.C.M. Kindersley membuka ladang [[rekoh|Reko Hill]], kemudiannya mendiami sebuah banglo di sana (The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 21 July 1911, Page 5: {{ :akhbar:singfreepressb19110721-1-2-32.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19110721-1.2.32|"WEDDING"]]). | * **1904**: R.C.M. Kindersley membuka ladang [[rekoh|Reko Hill]], kemudiannya mendiami sebuah banglo di sana (The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 21 July 1911, Page 5: {{ :akhbar:singfreepressb19110721-1-2-32.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19110721-1.2.32|"WEDDING"]]). |
