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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1913. 



Some Rubber Planting Notes. 



THE GROWTH OF MALAYAN RUBBER SHIPMENTS. 



STATISTICS for the first three months of the present year 

 as compared with 1912 and 1911, show a steady increase in 

 the rubber exports of the Federated Malay States. The 

 figures are: jgjj j^j, jgjj 



January 1,329,170 2,730,576 4,787,280 



February 1,490.849 2.715,767 3,936.529 



March 1,916,219 3,089,583 3,890,880 



Total pounds 4,736,238 8,535,926 12,614,689 



It will be remarked, however, that the returns for February 

 and March, 1913, show a retrogression from that of January. 



A supplementary return from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, 

 shows exports from the Straits settlements ports during March, 

 1913, as 2,008,533 lbs., as compared with 1,584,267 lbs. in 

 February. These figures, in addition to rubber from the colony, 

 include trans-shipments, but do not include rubber exported from 

 the Federated Malay States. 



LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER AND PRODUCE COMPANY (FEDERATED 

 MALAY STATES). 

 According to the report for 1912, the crop w^as 706,945 pounds, 

 as compared with 352,688 pounds in 1911. The gross price ob- 

 tained was 4s. 3.17d. per pound, against a cost of Is. 10.52d. 

 Estimate for this year's crop is 947,000 pounds. Total area 

 planted is 6,749 acres. A dividend of SO per cent, has been 

 declared. 



RUBBER ESTATES OF JOHORE, 



The report for 1912 presented to the seventh annual meeting 

 of this company shows a crop of 106,261 pounds, against an 

 estimate of 90,000 pounds. For the current year the estimate 

 is 230,000 pounds. Cost, including selling charges, was 2s. 9.84d. 

 per pound, and price realized was 4s. 3.18 d. per pound. The 

 total area planted is 14,942 acres; the dividend paid being 5 

 per cent. 



ANGLO-MALAY RUBBER CO. 



According to the report for the year 1912, the total crop for 

 the year was 943,491 pounds, against 780,972 pounds in 1911. 

 Cost of production f. o. b. was Is. 8.78d. per pound, against 

 Is. 8.52d. in 1911. The gross price realized was 4s. 3.36d. per 

 pound; and the total cultivated area is 4,318 acres. A dividend 

 of 60 per cent, was declared for the year 1912. For the cur- 

 rent year the crop estimate is 1,150,000 pounds. 



THE VISIBLE SUPPLY OF RUBBER. 



At the annual meeting of the Golden Hope Rubber Estates, 

 Mr. James Lloyd Anstruther, chairman of the company, quoted 

 the total visible supply of rubber on April 1 as having been: 

 1911, 12,738 tons; 1912, 10,698 tons, and 1913, 12,978 tons. 

 London deliveries of plantation rubber for the month of March 

 had been in excess of the receipts; the respective quantities 

 being 2,614 and 2,443 tons. 



SELABA RUBBER ESTATES (FEDERATED MALAY STATES), 



The crop for 1912 was 319,595 pounds, which realized 4s. 

 4.64d. per pound, against a cost of Is. 10.53d. per pound. A 

 saving of 5d. per pound had been effected as compared with 

 last year in the cost of production. A dividend of 28 per cent, 

 has been announced. 



BIKAM RUBBER ESTATE (FEDERATED MALAY STATES). 



The crop for 1912 amounted to 153.295 pounds, which realized 

 4s. 5.89d., as compared with a cost of 2s. 7.36d. per pound; 

 the planted area being 993 acres. A dividend of 18 per cent, 

 has been declared for the year. 



LUNUVA (CEYLON) TEA AND RUBBER ESTATES. 



The report for the year 1912 shows a crop of 14,301 pounds, 

 costing Is. 0.82d. per pound, which realized 4s. 0.07d. per pound. 



SOUTH AFRICAN CRUDE ASBESTOS, 



According to an official statistical return, the South African 

 exports of crude asbestos for four years are as follows : 



Total. 



1908 $111,140 



1909 138,755 



1910 140,650 



1911 139,890 



Proportion shipped 



to Germany. 



$50,550 



67,525 



65,655 



65,370 



United States importations for the four years represented: 



1908 $1,115,800 1910 $1,122,085 



1909 1,021,390 1911 1,318,539 



The American importations were almost entirely from Canada, 

 while Germany and Russia furnished in 1911 manufactured 

 asbestos to the amounts, respectively, of $12,616 and $10,928. 



GOLD COAST AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



In amplification of the annual report for 1911 reviewed in the 

 February number of the India Rubber World, the Agricultural 

 Department of the Gold Coast Colony has issued a short history 

 of Its institution and development. Since 1890 the number of its 

 agricultural stations has grown from one to nine ; while the dis- 

 tribution of Para seeds has increased since 1904 from 55,000 to 

 300,000 in 1910, and that of plants from 12,000 in 1906 to 29,000 in 

 1910. The total stafif has risen in number from 2 in 1890 to 27 in 

 1911. 



ENGLISH ENTERPRISE IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA. 



"Manihot Rubber Plantations" is the style of an English com- 

 pany, registered nearly three years ago with a capital equaling 

 $250,000, for the acquisition of two estates aggregating 1950 acres, 

 about 18 miles from Tanga, German East Africa. According to 

 the report issued December, 1911, it was expected to complete 

 by the following March the planting of 350,000 Manihot trees ; a 

 sufficient acreage remaining unplanted for a further 150,000 trees. 



While some 300,000 trees on the younger plantations are ex- 

 pected to begin coming into bearing towards the end of the 

 present year, the results obtained from trees already matured have 

 been sufficiently favorable, to encourage the company to arrange 

 for dealing with the larger yield anticipated for 1914 and succeed- 

 ing years. The resident manager reports that he is now engaged 

 in removing the rubber cleansing factory from Tanga to the 

 plantations, which will permit of the cleansing taking place im- 

 mediately after tapping ; with an anticipated improvement in the 

 condition and color of the "Manihot crepe" produced. 



RUBBER GROWING IN COCHIN. 



A Cochin planter writes the "South of India Observer," that 

 there are about a dozen rubber estates opened in the Cochin 

 States, under a contract of 50 years, with certain conditions. 

 He adds that in view of the exorbitant expenses of rubber 

 cultivation, while the price of rubber is going down every now 

 .nnd then, and with artificial rubber over our heads like a sword 

 of Damocles — the Cochin government should be a little more 

 farsighted. The writer of the letter suggests that it should 

 consent to receive at present only about one-half of the con- 

 fl-act amount, which would be a great boon to rubber planters 

 in Cochin, and would furnish a good incentive for more 

 openings. 



According to the latest accounts, there are now 37 rubber 

 planting companies in South India, against 34 a year ago. 



