October 1, 1912.] 



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work of Miss D. Fulton as secretary, there was the organiza- 

 tion necessary for the iihimate success which crowned tlie cf- 

 I'orts made. 



The general arrangement by countries was on practically the 

 same lines as those of the 1908 exhibition. 



CEYLON. 



Twenty-four i)Iantations contributed about 4.500 pounds of 

 samples representing Hcvea in all its various forms, as well as 

 Ccara and Castilloa. Sections of rubber trees and tapping tools 

 were shown by the Ceylon Research Comniittcc and tlic Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS .\ND M-XL-^Y STATES. 

 From these possessions came 100 lots of rubber, weighing 2.000 

 pounds, comprising those varieties mentioned in regard to Cey- 

 lon, as well as others, such as Ficiis. 



SOUTHERN INDL^. 

 I-'iffht estates from this quarter participated with samples and 

 photographs. 



BRITISH AI-RICA, 

 The British F.ast Africa Protectorate, the Uganda Protectorate 

 .'lud the Gold Coast Colony sent exhibits of their products. 



WEST INDIES. 

 Trinidad furnished samples of Castilloa and Hevea. together 

 willi tapping tools and other rei|uisites of rubber cultivation, 

 Jamaica and Dominica being also rcpiesentcd. British Guiana 

 sent samples of Balata and Ilevea. witli special publications. 



BRAZIL. 

 .\ remarkable collection was furnished by the State of Para, 

 as well as by the Musee Goeldi, while the Commercial Associa- 

 tion of Manaos exhibited 385 la rge pclles of fine and 91 balls of 



German South Sea possessions, were mostly from sixty estates, 

 but in part from Government institutions. These specimens had 

 been assembled with Teutonic thoroughness, knowledge and 

 enterprise. 



BELGIUM. 

 Samples, maps and charts illustrated what the Belgian Congo 

 is doing in rubber. Eighty classified rubber samples were con- 

 tributed by the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce. 



FRANCE. 

 Interesting samples of rubber and a number of photographs 

 were sent in by the (jovernments of Madagascar, the French 

 Congo and French Coehin-Cbina. 



PORTUGAL. 

 .Samples of Ccara from the Portuguese colony of Angola 

 foruK'd an interesting exhibit. 



ENGLISH CRUDE RUBBER EXHIBITS. 

 A graphic summary of the rubber resources of the British 

 Empire was furnished by the Imperial Institute, and was illus- 

 trated by a variety of samples. Various exhibits were arranged 

 by rubber share brokers, a crude washing company and the 

 British Murac Syndicate, Limited. 



RECr. AIMED AND MINERAL RUBBER. 



These features of the Engli.sh and American rubber industry 

 were appropriately represented. 



RUBBER MILL AND PLANTATION MACHINERY. 

 There were twenty-five English exhibitors in this line, in which 

 David Bridge had the most complete assemblage. Among Amer- 

 ican firms exbil)iting were The Farrel Foundry & Machine Co. 

 and The Birmingham Iron Foundry. 



Prizes C)FFEREn at the 1911 Exhibition. 



Caucho. Ceara rubber from Southern Brazil also constituted 

 a feature of interest. 



MEXICO. 

 An attractive exhibit was the miniature rubber factory ex- 

 hibited by the Intercontinental Rubber Co. 

 DUTCH INDIES. 

 From 150 estates in Java, Borneo and Sumatra came a large 

 number of rubber samples, including Hevea, Ficus and Castilloa. 



GERMAN POSSESSIONS. 

 Some 350 lots from German East and West Africa and the 



SUPPLIES FOR RUBBER M.\NUFACTURERS. 

 A full assortment of these was furnished by leading companies. 



MANUFACTURED RUBBER GOODS. 

 Much interest attached to the exhibits of the North British 

 Rubber Co. and the Premier Reforming Co. 

 THE RUBBER CONFERENCE. 

 This was one of the most valuable features of the exhibition 

 and calculated to render its effects of permanent value to the 

 industry, but the conference about to meet in New York bids 

 fair to surpass its London predecessors. 



