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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1912. 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND MALAYA. 



The exhibits from the Straits Settlements and the Federated 

 Malay States occupied a special section; having been contributed 

 by the government, a number of leading estates, and by the 

 botanic gardens at Singapore and Pcnang. A picturesque feature 

 was an old Malay house from the Malayan Planters' Association. 

 There were many specimens of rubber, mostly Hevea. 



AFRICA. 



Africa was principally represented by British East .Vfrica, 

 with exhibits illustrating cultivation as well as experimental work. 



DUTCH INDIES. 



The Dutch government had appointed a commission to secure 

 adequate representation of Holland and her colonies. Samples 

 and graphic illustrations of rubber at various stages were con- 

 tributed by the official body referred to. These represented the 

 products of a number of leading plantations in Java and 

 Sumatra. 



.-\n mtere^ting exhibit was that of the Haarlem Colonial 

 Museum, including rubber and gutta percha from the Dutch 

 Jndies. as well as balata from Surinam. 



BURMA. 



Specimens of native rubber-yielding creepers were shown, in 

 conjunction with samples of Hevea and other plantatiun rubber. 



SOUTH INDIA. 



South India was represented by an exhibit of the Penyar Rub- 

 ber Co.. of Travancore. 



While the Eastern Hemisphere was thus well represented, the 

 Western made an equally good showing, in accordance with its 

 recognized position as a source of rubber. 



BRAZIL. 



The principal representation of Brazil was made by the Asso- 

 ciacao Commercial do .\mazonas. of Manaos. with the support 

 of the .\maziinas State gnvernnu-nt. Seventeen lots represented 



the exhibition, so that the principal rubber exhibit was that of the 

 Mexican Rubber Co., of London. Ed. Maurer, of New York, 

 made an exhibit of guayule from some half dozen companies. 

 WEST INDIES. 



Exhibits from Trinidad, Dominica, British Guiana and St. 

 Lucia, had been arranged by the West Indian Committee, Lon- 

 don, after having been prepared by the i)ermanent exhibition cnm- 

 mittees of the various colonies. 



Such were the principal features of the exhibition as regards 

 rubber. The various accessory features of rubber plantation 

 re<|uisites. scientific apparatus, rubber works machinery, planta- 

 tion machinery and appliances, and factory supplies were likewise 

 fully represented. 



An important feature was the "rubber conference," in which 

 a number of the leading rubber scientists from all countries took 

 I«rt. ^ 



SECOND INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND ALLIED 

 TRADES EXHIBITION. 



KTorinXCi afforded more convincing proof of the succtss of 

 ^ ^ the London Rubber Exhibition of 1908 than the fact of its 

 repetition on an enlarged scale three years later in 1911. That 

 triennial rubber exhibitions are destined to become a feature of 

 the rubber trade is illustrated by that system forming part of 

 the newly enacted Brazilian legislation. 



Though on account of its recent occurrence, the consideration 

 of the London Rubber E.xhibition of 1911 belongs rather to 

 present than past history, that occasion calls for a brief retro- 

 spect, as an introduction to that now opening in New York. 



While the 1908 e.xhibition had been held at Olympia, situated 

 m the residential West End quarter of Kensington, that of 1911 

 took place in the northeastern part of the city at the Royal Ag- 

 ricultural Hall, Islington, which was admirably adapted for the 



Front \'iew of the Building where the London Rubber Exhibition w.\s Held in 1508. 



the various grades of Brazilian rubber. In all the Brazilian 

 rubber exhibit amounted to about 10 tons : the largest lot being 

 one of V/2 ton of tine rubber from the river .Vcre. 



In order to give the exhibit the appropriate "local coloring." 

 complete outfits of the apparel worn by the Seriiigueros and full 

 sets of tapping tools supplemented the rubber exhibit proper. 



ME.XICO, 

 A collection of important samples had not reached in time for 



purpose. It was within a short distance of the busiest manu- 

 facturing and trading districts of the British metropolis, being 

 thus convenient for the daily visits of business men interested 

 in crude or manufactured rubber. "Mincing Lane" was within 

 less than half an hour's drive. 



L'nder the presidency of Sir Henry A. Blake, ex-Governor of 

 Ceylon (who had presided over the 1906 Ceylon exhibition"), and 

 the management of Mr. .A. Staines Manders, coupled with the 



