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the commerce of the world is graphically illustrated. The 

 first twenty-one plates are used to set forth the general physi- 

 cal, political and economic aspects affecting the subject treated 

 of. Ten plates are devoted to communication and transport^ 

 and about twenty-five to regional maps showing industrial 

 areas, routes of commerce, vegetation and general products. 

 Nearly fifty plates exhibit the distribution of food products ; 

 fifteen the distribution of textile materials ; and twenty-five, 

 the distribution of mineral products. The following miscel- 

 laneous products are also given special plates : India rubber, 

 3 ; Timber and Cabinet woods ; Tobacco, 4 ; Ivory, Gums, Resi.i 

 and Wax ; Vegetable oils ; Opium ; Fish oils ; Hides and Skins ; 

 and Dyeing materials. Altogether one hundred and seventy- 

 six large pa^^es of colored plates are given, containing more 

 than a thousand maps and diagrams. The plates are accom- 

 panied with descriptive text, which is practically a dictionary 

 of the commerce of the world. The material embodied in 

 the Atlas is compiled from m.any hundred trade returns and 

 commercial reports from all countries of the world. The work 

 is one of great importance and should be of great value, not 

 only to those interested in agriculture but as a work of ref- 

 erence in private and public libraries. To the merchant its 

 merits are unquestionable. 



The Atlas is issued at a total cost of about three dollars, 

 in 22 periodical folio parts, issued fortnightly. It is to be 

 obtained from Messrs. Frederick Wane & Co., New York. 



RUBBER LITERATURE. 



The Ccylou Rubber Exhibition, Colombo, September, 1906. 

 Lectures and Discussions on Rubber Cultivation and Prepara- 

 tion. Illustrated. Messrs. A. G. & J. Ferguson, Colombo, 

 Ceylon. 4 shillings. 



This publication will be found of great interest to the grow- 

 ers of rubber in Hawaii. The plantation rubber industry of 

 the East Indies is of comparatively recent origin, and its rapid 

 development during the last five to seven years is one of the 

 most wonderful achievements of tropical agricultural history. 

 The first attempt at introducing the industry in Ceylon was in 

 1876, but the planters did not at first show much interest in 

 the project. The Botanical Department of Ceylon, India, 

 and The Straits Settlements, however, foreseeing the future 

 of the new undertaking, steadily proceeded to propagate and 

 distribute the plants and although the value of their work 

 was not at that time fully realized it is from these sources that 

 we are indebted for much of the present knowledge of the 

 subject. 



