November 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



91 



BRITISH GUIANA. 

 British Guiana was represented in the general collection of 

 rubber samples exhibited by the Imperial Institute, as well as 

 by samples of plantation Para, Sapiitm rubber and balata shown 

 by courtesy of the Institute in a separate glass case near its 

 exhibit. 



REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS. 



Senor R. Camilo Diaz, Consul General at New Yorl<, looked 

 after the interests of Honduras, which was represented by 

 samples of crude rubber from the Republic. 



FRENCH INDO CHINA. 

 This exhibit consisted of sheet rubber made in 1910. In con- 

 nection, tliere was distriliuted a booklet l)y M. J. Lan on Hevca 

 Brasiliensis in Cocliin China, translated into Englsh by M. G. 

 Jason, of Sargon. 



HUTCH GUIANA CULTURE CO. 



Messrs. Ray C. Holbrook and J. E. Williams were in charge 

 of the exhibit of this company, which included plantation Para 

 from trees 5-8 years old; wild Para; Castilloa clastica ball and 

 scrap. 



Planting has been carried on for about 18 months at Planta- 

 tion de Vrede, Dutch Guiana, where there are now 50,000 rubber 

 trees which have been planted a year and a half. In addition 

 there are 5,000 which liavc been planted 12 months, and 2,000 

 planted six months ago. 



This company is specially interested in pushing Dutch Guiana 

 products, and distributed a neat booklet descriptive of the Plan- 

 tation de Vrede, as well as another of a more general character, 

 entitled "Description of a Surinam Plantation." The trees now 

 planted cover an area of about 300 acres interplanted with coffee 

 trees. It is in contemplation to increase the plantings at an 

 early date by a further area of 500 acres. The company's head- 

 quarters are at Chicago, Harris Trust Building. 



THE BARTICA CO. 



This company, which had an exhibit, reports that it has on its 

 plantation in British Guiana, 250 acres in Sisal, interplanted with 

 rubber, and 600 acres only in Hcvea. It contemplates planting 

 600 to 1,000 acres a year in rubber. 



ED. MAURER. 

 Mr. Ed Maurer and Mr. W. Greutert !iad charge of this exhibit, 

 which included the following classes of rubber; Ceylon and Ma- 



En. Maurer's House of Rubber. 



lay plantation; Brazil of all kinds; Africans (fifteen varieties;, 

 Borneo and Central American ; as well as guayule and balata, 

 which form a specialty of this firm's trading; and finally gutta 

 percha. The exhibits were shown to advantage in a handsome 

 pavilion made of Ceylon rubber. 



NEW YORK COMMERCIAL CO. 

 This exhibit attracted many visitors. It included: Upriver fine; 

 Islands line ; wild rubber from Congo, Kamcrun, Mexico and 

 Panama ; Guayule ; Manitoba, Sierra Leone niggers ; planta- 



.Vkw Vork Co.mmkrci.\l (.o, 



tion rubber from Dutch Guiana and Java. Mr. A. W. Stedman 

 was in charge of the exhibit. The Boston-Bolivia Co. exhibited 

 samples of fine Para through the New York Commercial Co. 



MF.YER & BROWN. 

 This firm showed samples of Hevea in pale and smoked crepe, 

 also block, smoked sheet and scrap, as well as Rambong crepe. 

 In addition, they showed Congo Lobay, white Lopari, Congo 

 Sangha, Central American Sausage ; besides Massai, Java and 

 Mozambique rubber. 



HENDERSON & KORN. 

 The samples exhibited by this firm included pale, brown and 

 dark crepe, also smoked sheet and ribbed smoked sheet ; in 

 addition to Java crepe and block. They were represented by 

 Messrs. Ernst Korn, F. R. Henderson and Bancroft Henderson, 

 of the New York office, and H. Henderson, of the Akron oftice. 

 A comfortable inner room enhanced the attractiveness of the 

 pavilion occupied by this firm. 



THE UNITED MALAYSIAN CO. 



The United Malaysian Co., of New Y'ork, London and 

 Singapore, had an interesting exhibit in the balcony with the 

 other crude rubber exhibits. Its booth was not elaborate, 

 but was picturesque and inviting, being roofed over with 

 palms, indicative of the Tropics, and having many sheets of 

 crepe rubber hanging from the posts, and covering railings; 

 besides many large photographs of the country in which this 

 company operates, showing its plants, its coolies at work 

 tapping trees in the jungle, and other interesting scenes. 



Elsewhere in this issue there will be found an illustrated de- 

 scription of the work done by this company, with some facts 

 relative to its particular product — Jelutong, This article will 

 probably be of interest to all those who have given any attention 

 to the various products of the Middle East. 



A VARIETY OF RUBBERS. 



Charles T. Wilson showed guayule grades : Mexican crude and 



refined Colorado; deresinated Colorado; //ew^o; Manitoba 



crepe from German East Africa ; Mozambique crepe';' Castilloa. 



Mr. Wilson and Mr. Henry Perlish were in charge of the exhibit. 



