September i, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW RUBBER PLANTING COMPANIES. 



T""!!!! lijt which follows of Eastern rubber planting companies 

 •*• formed during the first half of 1907 is not complete, but 

 comprises only new enterprises in regard to which accurate 

 details arc available at this time. The authorized capital stated 

 in their organization p.iprr.; i^ nearly $1,3,000,000 in American 

 gold, as follows : 



Capital. 



Ceylon (12 companies) $.S.734..?.=;<).i5 



Federated Malay States (8 companies) "1,864,670.50 



South India (3 companies) 681.310.00 



Sumatra (6 companies) 3,672,065.00 



Java (i company) i70,3->7.oo 



Borneo (i company) 486,650.00 



Total (31 companies) , . $12,609,372.15 



In some cases these companies have been formed to create new 

 plantations, in others to acquire rubber estates already more or 

 less developed. The companies of the latter class, however, 

 nearly all purpose to plant additional rubber. The new compa- 

 nies in the list, therefore, may be expected, in the near future, 

 to extend very materially the existinj; acreage of rubber under 

 cultivation. 



Ceylon. 



Udabage Tea and Rubber Co., Limited, floated in Ceylon early 

 in 1907. Capital, i,ooo,cco rupees [=$342,433.33 gold]. To ac- 

 quire Udabage estate, Kegallc district, of about 1,626 acres, of 

 which 500 in tea, 565 in rubber and 400 cleared for planting 

 rubber. Purchase price, 500,000 rupees — four-sevenths in shares. 



Udakelle Rubber Co., Limited. Gazetted Colombo February i, 

 1907. Capital, 750,000 rupees [==$243.3251. 



Kegalle Rubber Co., Limited. Gazetted Colombo Feljruary i, 

 1907. Capital, 450,000 rupees [=$145,995]. 



Aranayake Rubber Estates Co., Limited. Gazetted Colombo 

 February 8, 1907. Capital, 300,000 rupees [=$97,33o]. 



The Passara Tea and Rubber Co., Limited. Formed in Cey- 

 lon in February, 1907. Capital, 500,000 rupees [^4162,216.66]. 



P. P. K. (Ceylon) Rubber E,states, Limited. Registered Lon- 

 don February 19. 1907. Capital. £65,000. 



Korossa (Ceylon) Rubber Co., Limited. Gazetted Colombo 

 March 8, 1907. Capital. 500,000 rupees [=$162,216.66]. In the 

 Kegalle district. 



Sunderland (Ceylon) Rubber Co., Limited. Gazetted Colombo 

 March 8, 1907. Capital, 450,000 rupees [=$145,995]. Kelani 

 Valley. 



Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Ruliber Estates, Limited. Regis- 

 ftred London April 19, 1907. Capital, £150,000. To acquire cer- 

 tain estates in Ceylon and grow tea and rubber. 



Parambe Rubber and Tea Co. of Ceylon, Limited. Registered 

 London May 8, 1907. Capital, £40.000. 



The Galphele Tea and Rubber Estates, Limited. Registered 

 London June 18, 1907. Capital, £60,000. In Wattegama district. 



Rosehaugh Tea and Rubber Co., Limited. Registered Edin- 

 burgh June 21, 1907. Capital. £600.000. To acquire estates in 

 Ceylon and the Federated Malay States. 



Federated Malay States. 



Strathmore Rubber Co., Limited. Registered Edinburgh Janu- 

 ary 8. 1907. Capital, £25,000. To plant in Selangor. 



The Seafield Rubber Co.. Limited. Registered Ijsndon Febru- 

 ary 7, 1907. Capital, £100,000. To acquire Seafield rubber estate 

 in Selangor, for £64,000; 1,224 acres planted to rubber. 



The Labu (F. M. S.) Rubber Co., Limited. Registered Lon- 

 don February 9, 1907. Capital, £100,000. To acquire Batang 

 Labu estate, in Negri Sembilan. This year 5.000 trees will be 

 tapped. 



Kuang (Selanger) Rubber Co., Limited. Registered London 

 March 7, 1907. Capital, £20,000. 



Bukit Lintang Rubber Estates, Limited. Registered Edin- 

 burgh .\pril 8. 1907. Capital. £25.000. 



Chcnderiang Rubber, Limited. Registered London May 29, 

 1907. Capital. £jc,ooo. 



Golcnnda Malay Rubber Co., Limited. Registered London 

 July 2, 1907. Capital, £8o,oco. To acquire the Golconda estate, 

 in Selangor, and succeed the Golcnnda I-:state Rubber Co., Lim- 

 ited, organized in Ceylon in 1904. 



Sungei Jong Rubber Co., Limited. Registered London July 

 10, 1907. Capital, £7,000. To acquire rubber lands in Perak. 



Soi:tii India. 



The Travancore Rubber Co., Limited. Registered Edinburgli 

 January 2, 1907. Capital. £40,000. The board reside mainly in 

 Scotland and are interested in rubber in Ceylon. 



Central Travancore Rubber Co., Limited. Registered Edin- 

 burgh February 7, 1907. Capital, £40,000. 



Dinibula Travancore Rubber Co., Limited. Floated in Ceylon 

 March, 1907. Capital, 900,000 rupees (=$29t,990. gold). To 

 lease about 2,500 acres for 99 years and plant in rubber. 



SU.MATRA. 



The Tandjong Rublier Co., Limited. Registered London 

 March i, 1907. Capital. £100,000. To acquire the Tandjong 

 Kassan estate, of 8.460 acres, in eastern Sumatra. 



Sumatra F^ara Rubber Plantations, Limited. Registered Lon- 

 don March 18. 1907. Capital, £100,000, of which £50,000 offered 

 for public subscription. To acquire the Pangkattan estate, now 

 producing rubber and coffee, in Bila, Sumatra. Rubber yield 

 13,420 pounds in 1906. 



Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij. Gazetted in Holland 

 June 27, 1907. Capital, 750.000 florins [=$301,500]. The So- 

 cicte ,\nonyme Beige pour le Commerce du Haut Congo take 

 100.000 florins of stock. 



United Serdang (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations. Limited. 

 Registered London July 10, igo". Capital. £170,000. of which 

 £69,000, offered for subscription. To consolidate Begerpang and 

 Namoe Rambei estates, on which about 2,748 acres are planted to 

 rubber — 42.225 "rambong" and 266,000 Para rubber trees. 



Sumatra Caoutchouc Plantagen Maatschappij (Societe des 

 Plantations dc Caoutchouc de Sumatra). Gazetted in Holland 

 July 10. 1907. Capital, 1.000,000 florins [=$402,000]. 



Sumatra-Deli Rubber Estates. Limited. Registered London 

 July 17. 1907. Capital, £240.000. To acquire Laut Tabor and 

 Mendaris plantations, in eastern Sumatra, on which are over 

 350.000 rubber trees (Ficus elaslica), some of which are now 

 being tapped. 



Java. 



The Sinio Rubber Estates, Limited. Registered London, June 

 4. 1907. Capital, £35.000. To acquire the Simo group of estates, 

 from a Dutch company. 



Borneo. 



Beaufort Borneo Rubber Co., Limited. Registered .April 22, 

 1907. Capital, £100.000. To acquire lands from The British 

 North Borneo Co. and plant 1,500 acres to rubber. 



BUBBEB ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. 



Shares of the companies named below have been listed lately 

 on the London Stock Exchange to the amount (at par) named 

 in each case : 



Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co., Limited, £241,- 

 454 additional. 



Imperial Ethiopian Rubber Co., Limited, £31,000. 

 Inambari Para Rubber Estates, Limited. £200,000. 

 Liberian Rubber Corporation. Limited. £150.000. 

 Mabira Forest (L^ganda) Rubber Co.. Limited, £25.000. 

 Sapong Rubber and Tobacco Estates. Limited, £31,378. 

 Straits Settlements (Bertram) Rubber Co., Limited, £20.000. 

 Sumatra Para Rubber Plantations Co., Limited, £50,000. 



The Financial News (July 26) reports: "In rubber shares the 

 public are at length taking an active interest, and a large number 

 of shares of all descriptions have been taken by investors. 



