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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1907. 



CULTIVATEB RUBBER FROM NEW GUINEA. 



The exhibit of the products of the Keu Guinea Conipagnie, of 

 Berlin, at the recent German Army, Marine, and Colonial Ex- 

 hibition, at Berlin, served to call marked attention to the success 

 of this important enterprise. The company arc successfully plant- 

 ing a number of crops, the most important of which to date is 

 cocoanuts, though it is designed ultimately to make rubber the 

 most important. The specimens of rubber shown were con- 

 sidered the finest ever seen in Germany, including Hcvca, Cas- 

 titloa elastica, and Ficus clastica. The company had standing on 

 their plantations according to a late report 426,917 rubber trees, 

 the oldest being now in their ninth year, since which time further 

 planting of rubber has been done. Of these, 277.761 were Cas- 

 tilloa. 128,238 I'icus. and 20,918 Hcvcu. 



PLANTING IN GERMAN AFRICA. 



The Kautschuk-Prtanzung "Meanja" .Xkticngesellschaft, of Ber- 

 lin, founded in 1903, with 1.000,000 marks [=$238,000] capital, to 

 plant rubber in the German colony of Kamerun, in West Africa, 

 have issued three yearly reports, showing the following amount 

 of planting of Kickxia (Futitumia) clastica: 61?-^ acres in 1904; 

 l48;/4 acres at the end of 1905 (with 230,400 trees) ; 593 acres 

 at the end of 1906. The company arc also planting cacao. 



RUBBER AT A WEST AFRICAN FAIR. 



The recent agricultural show in the British colony of Lagos, 

 in West Africa, which embraced some 2.500 exhibits for compe- 

 tition, was in many ways successful. It was opened with an ad- 

 dress by the governor. Sir Walter Egerton, who took occasion 

 to impress upon the native chiefs present the desirability of 

 advising their people to plant rubber (Funtumia elastica) trees. 

 He said : "On my recent visit to Berrin I saw several of these 

 plantations in a most flourishing state, and the inhabitants are 

 already beginning to realize that they are likely to become profit- 

 able." The list of exhibits at the fair included : Rubber milk, 8 

 exhibits; rubber, prepared, 14; preparation of rubber, 3. Nine 

 cash prizes were awarded, atnounting in all to £23 [=;$iii.92]. 



A RUBBER TAPPING BOX. 



A NOVELTY in connection with work in rubber forests and on 

 plantations is a special "travelers' bo.x" for rubber explorers and 

 also estate managers, fitted with appliances for tapping trees and 

 coagulating latex, by various methods. The box contains an as- 

 sortment of tapping tools, cups for receiving latex, various other 

 latex receptacles, a small smoking outfit, a hand press, and coagu- 

 lating agents. This is supplied by Gustave Van den Kerckhove, 

 the rubber expert. 20. Rue de la Ferme. Brnssek. 



STATISTICS OF RUBBER PRODUCTION. 



'T'HE figures below relate to the quantities of rubber exported 

 ■*• from the various British colonies naiued, and are derived 

 from ofiicial reports. These figures are presented here not to 

 prove anything in particular, but as a matter of historic record. 

 It may be pointed out, however, that while the five colonies 

 named yielded ten years ago nearly 11.000,000 pounds of rubber, 

 their exports for the last year named amounted to only about 

 5.000,000 pounds. 



Goi.i) Co.SST 

 Poun<ls 



1897 4,957,016 



1898 5,984.984 



1899 5,572,554 



1900 3,452,440 



igoi 1,520,009 



Pounds. 



1893 56 



1894 5,867 



1895 S.269.503 



1896 6,484,363 



1897 4,458,327 



1898 3,778.266 



1899 1,993,525 



Lagos. 



Colony. 



Pounds. 



1902 1,599,971 



1903 2,258,981 



1904 4,013,837 



1905 3,687,778 



1906 3,649,668 



Pounds. 



1900 596,332 



1901 194,277 



1902 151,440 



1903 131,311 



1904 265,458 



1905 266,560 



1906 927,638 



Sierra Leone. 



Pounds. Pounds. 



1896 1,491.392 1901 1131,655 



1897 1,305,696 1902 103,040 



1898 649.712 1903 107,520 



1899 a 546.,i.S5 1904 152,320 



1900 a 274,646 1905 425,600 



[a — For these years the official returns are in pounds; for 

 other years in tons or cwts., and converted here into pounds.] 

 British Central Africa Protectorate. 



[Years ending March 31.] 



Pounds. Pounds. 



1897-98 21,416 1902-03 11,723 



1898-99 91 .264 1903-04 4,262 



1899-00 1 18.720 1904-05 17,664 



85,904 



14.393 

 [a — Includes 525 pounds cultivated rubber.] 



British Honduras. 

 Pounds. 



19,895 1901 



13.797 1902.... 



37,622 1903. ••• 



55.321 1904. . . . 



48,996 1905 



1900-01 

 1901-02 



1896 

 1897 

 1898 



1899 

 TOor> 



1905-06 o 17,283 



Pounds. 

 40,044 

 30,338 

 22,176 

 28,042 

 22,926 



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NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



Planted Ceara Rudder ("Manihot Glaziovii.") 

 rOne year old; plantation at La Paz. Nicaragua.] 



THE Schaefer Rubber Co. (Cincinnati), suc- 

 cessors to the long established firm of 

 Kohmescher & Co., have brought out a new cata- 

 logue of rubber goods for the household, surgical 

 use, stationers' and toilet supplies and the like, 

 representing the products of a number of leading 

 makers. [9" X SH"- 100 pages.] 



Massachusetts Chemical Co. (Walpole, 

 Mass.) issue a new catalogue and price list of 

 Insulating Materials, embracing a number of spe- 

 cial products of interest. The company's Walpole 

 Rubber Works also turn out a variety of mold 

 work. [6" X 5". 9i pages.] 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) send 

 us "A Book of Instructions to Automobile Tire 

 Users." in which is incorporated a catalogue of 

 'Diamond" 1907 wrapped tread tires and the tire 

 accessories made by the company. A liberal and 

 helpful use is made in the book of illustrations 

 of the articles referred to. [5" X ?"■ 80 pages.] 



