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posed of capitalists of Oshkosh and Appleton, Wisconsin, who 

 recently purchased 5000 acres of Mexican lands suitable for 

 planting. Five thousand certificates of interest will be offered 

 for sale, each to represent the development of one acre of land, 

 at $300 each, payable in monthly installments. Officers: Wil- 

 liam Michehtetter, of the Schuckmann - Seligmann Co., Mil- 

 waukee, president ; T. R. Morgan, of The Morgan Co., first 

 vice president; D. C. Burdick, wholesale furniture, second 

 vice president ; W. K. Rideout, president National Union Bank 

 of Oshkosh, treasurer ; IViUiam E. Ryder, secretary and gen- 

 eral manager. 



CEYLON PLANTERS' RUBBER SYNDICATE, LIMITED. 

 [See Thk India Rubber World. January i, 1902 — page 104. 1 



At the second annual meeting, at Colombo, on February 28, 

 it was resolved to increase the capital of the company to 2,50,- 

 000 rupees (=$8(,ooo). Newshareswill be issued, because the' 

 present funds are insufficient to carry on the work until the 

 rubber trees become productive. Only 350 acres have been 

 planted, of 615 acres opened, owing to part of the seed placed 

 in nurseries not turning out well. The company are not favor- 

 ably impressed with "catch crops," on account of the low prices 

 obtainable, but it is proposed to plant the next 200 acres in 

 connection with Liberian coffee, the rubber to be placed 15x30 

 feet apart. It is expected that from the beginning of 1906 the 

 estate will be self supporting, the estimated profits being suffi- 

 cient to carry on the work from that date until the rubber 

 trees are yielding. The total expenditure to December 31 had 

 amounted to $31,713.49. 



BALTIMORE CAPITAL INVESTED IN BOLIVIA. 



The Andes Rubber Co., incorporated under Delaware laws, 

 August 15, 1901, to acquire and develop rubber concessions in 

 South America, have purchased an extensive property in 

 Bolivia, on the western bank of the upper Beni river, in the 

 province of Caupolican, and adjoining the territory on which 

 Sir Martin Conway has a concession. It is stated that several 

 hundred rubber estradas have been marked out, buildings 

 erected for the administration of the company, and 200 acres 

 cleared for the cultivation of food products for the rubber 

 gatherers. On March 10 a party left Baltimore, Maryland — the 

 headquarters of the company — to take charge of the property, 

 and plan for tapping 60,000 rubber trees during the coming 

 season. Capital has been provided to the extent of $600,000, 

 somewhat more than half being subscribed by Henry A. 

 Parr, a Baltimore grain merchant. Another shareholder is 

 J. A. Pharoah, a native of Massachusetts, who has spent many 

 years in South America and will be resident manager of the 

 property. The remaining interest is held largely by Manuel 

 Elguera, of Lima, Peru, through whose interest the company 

 was formed ; by his brother, who is mayor of Lima, and other 

 business men in the latter city. The Andes company intend 

 shipping the rubber gathered from their property via Mollendo, 

 on the Pacific coast. 



New Guinea — The news comes from Berlin that Rudolf 

 Schlechter, the botanist in charge of the German Caoutchouc 

 and Gutta-percha expedition to the South Sea islands, has dis- 

 covered Gutta percha in German New Guinea. This will en- 

 title him to the prize of 3000 marks offered by a citizen through 

 the Colonial Industrial Committee, for the first discovery of 

 Gutta-percha in a German possession. 



Philippines.— Henry A. Reed, of the Bishop Gutta Percha 

 Co., interviewed for the New York Times, said : " We are con- 

 stantly receiving samples of what are known in the trade as 

 ' bastard ' Guttas from the Philippines and Venezuela. None 

 has yet proved to be true Gutta. The nearest approach to it 

 was a sample from Samar — almost a true Gutta of alow grade." 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL statement of values for the first eight months 

 of the current fiscal year, compared with the same 

 months of three years preceding — not including exports to 

 Hawaii and Porto Rico : 



(rt) Included in "All Other '' prior to July i, 1899, 



Pairs of rubber footwear exported during the same periods : 

 1898-99. 1899-00. 1900-01. 1901-oa. 



362,008 530,071 1,268,585 3,272,181 



RUBBER GOODS IMPORTS INTO CUBA — I9OI. 



Samples of rubber goods, with commercial value : From United 

 States. Sioo ; United Kingdom, $6 ; Germany, $57 ; France, $1 ; — 

 total, $164. 



Samples of rubber goods, with commercial value : From United 

 States, $24 ; United Kingdom, $11 ; Germany, $36 ; Spain, $17 ; Aus- 

 tria, I5 ; China, $6 ; Hongkong, $100 ; Japan, $3 ;— total, $202. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 

 Official return of values of rubber goods exported in Jan- 

 uary, February, and March for three years : 



1900. Igoi. 



£ 35.365 



Boots and shoes. 

 Unenumerated. . 



[ ^372.884 ) ^^ii 



507 



Total ^^372, 884 



Pairs boots and shoes Not stated. 



;^2g8,872 

 307.452 



1903. 



£ 31.896 

 261,840 



j^ 293.736 

 184,35a 



Value of waterproofed apparel and slops, January-March, 190a. ;^ 74. 586 



