N.V. Cultuur Maatschappij Lho’ Soekon, a Fiber plantation company, appears in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Operates the only large vezel-onderneming (fiber estate) in Aceh, located in onderafdeeling Lho’ Soekon.
Type
Fiber plantation company
Description
Operates the only large vezel-onderneming (fiber estate) in Aceh, located in onderafdeeling Lho’ Soekon. 1620 H.A. planted with sisal. Has a modern factory and décauville-spoor with mechanical traction. Directed by the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. Originated from a successful trial planting in the Alaslanden that was abandoned due to transport difficulties. 1937 fiber export: 4,050,000 K.G.
Significance
N.V. Cultuur Maatschappij Lho’ Soekon is recorded by Jongejan as part of the institutional landscape of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 196, 205, 206.