PLANTATION RUBBER INDUSTRY OF THE EAST. 477 



done with the remaining Hevea, or how many survived the 

 journey from England, was not recorded, but it would seem 

 probable that at least one half of the consignment was taken 

 to Kuala Kangsar. 



It may be noted that there is nothing in the records to show 

 that more than nine Hevea survived the journey from England, 

 or that Singapore retained any of the 1877 consignment, 

 though it is probable that the Heveas were shared in the same 

 way as the Cearas and Castilloas. 



As ah-eady stated, 1 tree at Kuala Kangsar flowered in 1880. 

 16 (or 14) fruits were produced in 1881, 3 of which were sent to 

 Ceylon. In 1882 several trees fruited, 18 seeds being sent to 

 Ceylon, 50 to Singapore, and others to Java and India. Wray 

 states that seed sent to Taiping in 1882 did not germinate, and 

 the same is true of that sent to Ceylon. H. Cottam has recorded 

 that he packed a box of Hevea plants at Kuala Kangsar for 

 Madras, Christmas. 1882.^ In 1884 (Sir) Frank Swettenham 

 collected 400 seeds' from the tree then in bearing, and planted 

 them out (399 plants) on the banks of the Kangsar river,^ 



Further details of the old trees in Perak have been recorded 

 by Wiay in his " Notes on Rubber Growing in Perak," 

 December, 1897.^ He states that seed from Kuala Kangsar 

 was planted in the Museum grounds, Taiping, in 1887, and had 

 since been planted at Parit Buntar, Sitiawan, Tapah, Batu 

 Gajah in Kinta, and other places. More were planted at 

 Kuala Kangsar in 1891. The trees in the Museum grounds 

 yielded 14,000 seeds in 1897, of which 3,000 were sent to 

 Jebong and 11,000 to Yam Sing estate. From Arden's 

 " Report on Hevea hrasiliensis in the Malay Peninsula, 1902,"* 

 it appears that seed from Kuala Kangsar was planted at 

 Kamuning estate in 1887 and at Sitiawan about 1892. 



Derry, in a report on Kuala Kangsar, 1897, stated that 

 25,000 seeds were supplied from the trees there in that year. 

 Application had been made for 70,000 seed in 1897, and 

 orders had been booked for 100,000 in 1898. 



1 "Tropical Agriculturist," III., p. 157. 



2 Straits Bulletin, II., p. 61. 

 » Kew BuUetin, 1898. 



» "Tropical Agriculturist," XVII., pp. 675, 808. 



