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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, T905. 



the rubber produced now will more than offset the decreased 

 weight. The Para rubber tree mentioned in previous reports 

 was again tapped fourteen times between July 28 and Septem- 

 ber 6, 1904, yielding 3 pounds 14 ounces of dry rubber, raising 

 the total to 26 pounds 13 ounces for the nine consecutive years 

 that it has been lapped— an average of nearly 3 pounds per 

 year. 



BUKIT RAJAH RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



Reference was made lately in The India Rubber World 

 (page 376) to the report of this important plantation company, 

 in Selangor, Federated Malay States, from which it appeared 

 that the sales of produce during the first year of the working 

 of the company as now formed, exceeded all expenses, includ- 

 ing new development work during the year, by £gi, which was 

 regarded as a favorable showing. At the beginning of the year 

 covered by the report, there were growing on the plantation 

 10,000 rubber trees six years old, 22.000 five years old, 12,000 four 

 years old, and 41,000 three years old, besides many thousands 

 of younger trees. The rubber sold during the year amounted 

 to 671 1 pounds, obtamed from the six year old trees. Those 

 trees are now seven years old, and are expected to yield a 

 larger product this year, besides which 22,000 trees have now 

 become six years old, and are eligible for tapping this year, 

 while an additional number will be ready every succeeding year. 

 As mentioned last month, the company's estimate of this year's 

 product is 25.000 pounds, which is regarded as reasonable by 

 TAe Ttmis 0/ Cej'/on, which in an editorial on the company's 

 report predicts that within a very few years the company will 

 be paying 50 per cent, yearly dividends. The paid capital of 

 the company is now nearly ;^ 60.000, and the quoted price for 

 shares is ^'/i for i. 



PLANTED RUBBER IN BORNEO. 



The first tapping of planted rubber trees in British North 

 Borneo occurred on June 24 on the Sekong estate, owned 

 by the North Borneo Trading Co., near Sandakau, in the 

 presence of a party of specially invited guests, headed by the 

 Governor, the trip to the estate having been made on the Gov- 

 ernor's yacht. His Excellency lapped the first tree and later 

 removed from a number of other trees the tins of latix, which 

 he emptied into the pails provided for the purpose, after 

 which the Governor's wife, at the collecting depot, strained 

 the latex prior to the beginning of the coagulating process. 

 A bioscope was in operation all the while, from which it is 

 inferred that the various processes are to be exhibited to the 

 public in a series of moving pictures. Before the party sep- 

 arated toasts were drunk to the success of the new enter- 

 prise, amid much enthusiasm. The age of the rubber is not 

 stated, but there were 32,000 Paid rubber trees on the estate 

 in 1902, since which time 26,000 have been planted. 

 VISITING AMONG RUBBER PLANTERS. 



["from "the times Ol- CEYLON," SEPTEMBER 7 ] 



Mr. R. W. Harrison, of CuUoden estate, Neboda, who is 

 recognized as the leading rubber planter in Ceylon, has just 

 paid a brief visit to Selangor. He made his headquarters with 

 Mr. J. B. Carruthers, the director of agriculture, but moved 

 about all the time, and found Mr. \V. W. Bailey's motor car in- 

 dispensable. It was placed at Mr. Harrison's disposal, and he 

 was thus enabled to practically see the whole of the estates of 

 Klang. Most of these are under Mr. Bailey's supervision, and 

 his position in rubber planting affairs in the state is unique. 

 Mr. Harrison also saw Mr. M. S. Parry. He has a high opinion 

 of the general country and the estates under cultivation. Much 

 of his time was occupied in visiting and reporting on properties 

 belonging to companies with their offices either in Colombo or 

 London. Mr. Harrison has also brought back some rambong 



{Ficits elastica) cuttings for St. George group, Kalutara. He 

 enjoyed his visit, found every one hospitable, and returns in 

 good health. 



VALLAMBROSA RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



Registered April 22, 1904, at Edinburgh, Scotland, with 

 offices at 123, George street, in that city; capital, /6o,ooo 

 [ = $291,990], in £1 shares full paid. Own the " Vallambrosa" 

 estate, at Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States ; Mr. W. W. 

 Bailey, chairman of the United Planters' Association, is agent ; 

 Mr. H. M. Darby, manager. The original purchase embraced 

 1035 acres and 194,!^ acres have since been acquired. On the 

 original purchase were 930 acres planted in rubber (189S to 

 1902), and 25 acres have been planted this year. The new ac- 

 cessions include 75 acres in coffee, to be planted with rubber 

 17X17 feet. Sales of shares reported recently at /3. 



MILMEX LUMBER, RUBBER AND TRANSIT CO. 



[Plantation on the river Coatzacoalcos. slate of Oaxaca, Mexico. Office : Rail- 

 way Exchange building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.] 



Incorporated May 2, 1905, under Wisconsin laws; capital, 

 $400,000. Have acquired 5000 acres adjoining the well known 

 hactenda " Del Corte" o{ the Isthmus Plantation Association 

 of Mexico, another Milwaukee enterprise. The object is to 

 market lumber and plant rubber and other crops. Wilmer Sieg 

 is president, C. W. Lenhart vice president, Paul E. Thomas 

 secretary, W. I. Lane treasurer, and VV. H. Perthesius general 

 agent — all business men in Milwaukee. 



THE CHICAGO RUBBER PLANTING CO. 



[Plantation near Palenquc, stale of Chiapas, Mexico, Offices: No. 6o.-j Ashland 

 block. Chicago, Illinois.] 



The plantation of this company, which is incorporated under 

 the laws of Illinois, comprises 500 acres purchased from the 

 San Marcos Rubber Plantation Co. (Chicago), who have been 

 in operation for some years and whose enterprise is understood 

 to have made satisfactory progress. The officers are John W. 

 Byam, president; T. S. Howell, general manager; Joseph L. 

 Duplissis, treasurer ; and N. H. Byam, secretary. 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



The administration report on Negri Sembilan, one of the 

 Malay states, for 1904 mentions the exportsof 42 piculs [ = 5600 

 pounds] of cultivated rubber, against io>2 piculs [ = 1400 pounds] 

 in 1903. What was known as the Government rubber estate, 

 one half owned each by the government and Mr. T. H. Hill, 

 was valued at $59 143 75 (silver) by Mr. E. V. Carey. The gov- 

 ernment half share was disposed of to Mr. Hill fur $29 571.88, 

 which amojnt was paid in January, 1905. The tapping of 

 rubber is proceeding on a constantly increasing scale, and a 

 very considerable output for 1905 is expected. The report men- 

 tions that the 100 rupee shares of the Seremban Estate Rub- 

 ber Co.. Limited, were quoted at the time of writing at 285 ru- 

 pees. Several aoplications for land for rubber planting had 

 been made during the year. 



SMOKING RUBBER IN CEYLON. 



Mr. R. C. Dickson, of the engineering department of the Co- 

 lombo Commercial Co., Limited, has filed specifications at the 

 Ceylon patent office of an invention to improve the method of 

 coagulating and drying rubber. The new machine, the specifi- 

 cations state, consists of a small furnace, on the top of which is 

 a sm^ke box containing a large revolving drum. In the space 

 between are a series of baffle plates to divert the fumes and in- 

 sure that no flames or sparks pass into the smoke box. At one 

 side is a shallow pan for receiving the latex. In this is a small 

 roller partly immersed in the latex with its surface in contact 

 with the surface of the large drum. A fire is placed in the fur- 

 nace and the fumes are allowed to pass between the baffie plates 

 and round the large drum to the chimney. When the desired 



