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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1912. 



Some Rubber Planting Notes. 



RUBBER IN ABYSSINIA. brought to sec that it would never do to refuse this challenge on 



ACCOKDIXG to the communication of Professor ?Ienri the part of its rivals to a trial of strength. 



JunicUe, of Marseilles, France, to the "Agriculture Tropic- For the first time, it is added, a combination has been formed, 



ale," Abyssinia in 1910 exported 310,500 pounds of rubber. with perfect harmony of purpose for the defense of the chief 



Rubber vines, principally Landolphia, are found in almost all the e.xport product of the Basin of the Amazon ; thus dispelling the 



forests at altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet ; those which grow near idea of disunion or lack of confidence on the part of the Brazilian 



the rivers being of inferior quality. The vines, which are being rubber states. 

 worked, have a length of 80 to 100 feet ; the trunk, with a circum- 



, , . , , . , ^, 1- ■ 1 1 -2 c I u „ *1,„ RIVERSIDE (SELANGOR) RUBBER CO., LIMITED, FEDERATED MALAY 



ference up to 14 mches, bemg frequently divided 3 feet above the states 



ground, into the large interlacing branches. '. ^ , , ., n- •, 



^ , . , , , .. , , »u » 1 * 1.. A more than three-lold increase is reported by the Riverside 



To obtain the latex, the natives draw down the trunks towards „ , , ^ . ,, c .i r inn , ■ >. 



... . , ■ . 1 •. „ u „,„„ „f Rubber Co. in the nrst nine months of 1912, as compared wMth 



the ground, keeping them in a horizontal position by means of • j c ioii .i r i, • .■ i nnnc^; 



, 1 ■ . 1 c J ■ lu A Tu ti,„„ ™,i,« the same period of 1911; the ligures being, respectively, 120.056 



cords, attached to stakes fixed in the ground. They then make a -t-j -t-iq a b- f j> 



circular incisions at various points, beneath which the latex is ^" ' P°"" 



received in curved oiki leaves. When these are full, they are Scottish kalay rubber cc, limited, federated Malay states. 



poured into a calabash. The native effects the coagulation the t-, ^ ^ , r .u c ..• u at i /- r • .i. 



^ . . , . ^ . .... ., „ 1 he total crop of the bcottish Malay Co. for nine months 



same evening m his cabm, using for this purpose the conLa\e , , c ^ u -jn mn iini<r:r, j j -.u 



. "^ , . , , „ , . ■ u J ended September 30, 1912, was 119,160 pounds, as compared with 



iron disc in which he usually makes his bread. c-, r-n j jr .u j- ■ j t inii a .t. 



^, . „. , ■ , J ^i_ c J .u uu . 53,534 pounds for the corresponding period of 1911. As the 



This metallic receptacle is placed on the fire, and the rubber ^\ I ... ii ao-, j i r , . 



,.,,:,., ^ ^. , ^, , September yield was 17,427 pounds a large increase of last 



thus prepared is delivered to the representatives of the employ- " , . . r ,mni-7 • i i j r i. .iT j r .i . , 



'' , , . J J .^ c lU u u J years output of 102,017 is looked for bv the end of the twelve 

 ine company, who wash it and dry it for a month, sheltered , 

 , , , ^, r II 1 -^ 1 1- I. months, 

 from the sun s rays. They finally smoke it several times, burn- 

 ing small branches or leaves. golden hope rubber estate, limited, federated malay 



In Abyssinia there are numerous forests, the working of which states. 



has not been commenced, owing to the difficulty of communica- As compared with a total output for 1911 of 109,655 pounds, 



tion. In consequence of the improvements anticipated for 1912, the yield for the first nine months of 1912, amounting to 98,384 



the hope is entertained of an important development of Abys- pounds, indicates a good prospect for the year's result of the 



sinian rubber exports. Golden Hope Rubber Estate, Limited. There have been 60,944 



pounds sold at an average of 4s. 6.42d., while for 1913, 18 tons 



DEVELOPMENT IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. ^^ j,^ j ^^^ contracted for at an average of 4s. 7.33d. per pound. 



In his recent summary of the progress of the British Colonies, 



the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Harcourt, said that if ever his name FEDERATED MALAY states exports. 



were to be honorably remembered as a colonial minister, he The returns to end of September show a marked increase over 



hoped it might be in connection with two things — railway build- those for corresponding period of 1911 and 1910. 



ine and tropical medicine. He was certainly able to show that Janu.-iry pounds 768,743 1,329,170 2,730,576 



ii.g auu '■^ V . I , r -o 1 February 728,458 1,490,849 2,715,767 



both have made excellent progress in the last few years. Rerhaps March '. 899,383 1,916,219 3,089,583 



nowhere has the iron horse made greater strides than in the Apy' .•.•;.■.■.'.■.■.'.:.'::::::.':;::::::.";: ''s77,'435 i;i47;488 I'^lfil 



Federated Malay States, so that, as he pointed out, on the com- June !!;;!!.';.".'. '.'.'.'.'.'.".'..'!!!.'!.'!!! ! 879!675 l!229,'754 2|305!915 



. . . , . . • , J . ..I Tuly 971,469 1,581,993 2,695,861 



pletion of the extensions in progress or projected, one may travel August 981,022 1,651,845 3,655,535 



direct by rail between Penang or Singapore and the Siamese September \,U0M6 1.677,062 2.96&,ui 



capital. Total to date S. 339,758 13,260.297 24,701.782 



As regards the second point, he alluded to the special encour- uaiiti fine para in ceylon. 



agement promised to the study of tropical medicine and the pre- , , „. , ^ , „ • , 



vention of tropical disease. While much has already been accom- A recent issue of the Times of Ceylon, contained an in- 



plished, including the theoretical conquest of malaria and yellow teresting paragraph regarding a demonstration given by Mr. 



fever, and the pending conquest of beri-beri, there is still a big H. A. Wickham, the father of plantation rubber in which he 



task ahead in this direction. P^^^uced hard hue Para from Ceylon latex. The paper calls 



Department reports arriving in England from Kuala Lumpur the product equal to the Brazilian article, 



point to a continuance of the development of the trade and in- "To Hanwella estate belongs the distinction ot being the first 



dustries of the Malay Peninsula, which has been so marked dur- to t"rn out Ceylon hard fine Para. 



"Mr. Wickham, who contends that the ditterence between 



ing recent years. . ,,,.„. , , , .■ ll • 1 



Brazilian hard hue Para and plantation rubber is only a mat- 



amazonian anticipations of the exposition. ter of treatment, has given a demonstration on the estate, and 



In discussing shortly before the opening of the exposition, its the results, which have turned out quite satisfactory, are to be 



prospects as aflfecting Brazil and particularly the State of seen in the premises of the Colombo Commercial Company in 



Amazonas, the "Revista da Associacao Commercial do Amazonas" Slave Island. The rubber has been turned out m the shape o 



of Manaos, comments upon Asiatic rubber being thus placed in blocks, and is believed to be equal in every respect to fine hard 



direct opposition to the Brazilian article in leading markets for Para, consisting as Mr. Wickham says, not of a curd or coagu- 



the consumption of the latter. Attention is al^o called to the fact lation latex, but of an amalgam ot the whole of the latex with 



that while on previous occasions only state assistance had been the preservative smoke. . , -.u 



available, still a gold medal had been awarded to the Association "The opinions of the market on the rubber will be awaited with 



for the best sample of rubber; referring to the special gold interest, Mr. Wickham says that he has found plantation latex 



medal of the Rubber Growers' Association, obtained last year if anything richer than that produced on the Amazon, and 



in London With much difficulty the Federal Government was similarly treated ought to form superior not inferior rubber. 



