May 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



283 



The Rubber Planting Interest. 



THE LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER & PRODUCE COMPANY. 



In the third annual report and statement of accounts for 1910, 

 presented by tlic board of directors of the above company at 

 the amuial meeting, held .\pril 27, the rubber crop harvested 

 during: 1910 was quoted at 180,477 ponn<ls, against an estimate 

 uf 110,000 pounds, and an actual yield, in 1909, of 75,427 

 pounds. .\fter deducting freight, insurance, landing and all 

 sale charges, the average net price realized for the rubber was 

 just under 6s. Id. jier pound. The cost of production, f. o. b. 

 Port Suettenhani. works uut al Is. 4cl. pi-r piniiul against 



Seven Ye.\r Old Hevea. 



(Caledonia Plantation, Wellesley, Straits Settlements.) 



Is. 0-)4d. per pound in 1909. The increase is attributable to the 

 higher wages paid tapping coolies, large number of trees tapped 

 for first time and consequent expenditure for new tapping tools, 

 increased bonus for Eastern staff and depreciation. The crop 

 of rubber for 1911 is estimated at 371,390 pounds. 



To successfully handle the increased crop, new factories, are 

 building washing mills and crude oil engines have been dispatched 

 to a number of the states, and are now in course of erection. 



The net profit for the year is figured at £43,642, 3s., which 

 with the amount brought forward from last year £5.241 17s. 7d. 

 makes a total of £48,883 17s. 7d. ; deducting amount of interim 

 dividend of 10 per cent, paid in October, leaves £33,948 16s. lOd. 

 Tlic directors recommend payment of a final dividend of IS per 

 cent., leaving £11,448 16s. lOd. to be carried forward. 



LUNAVA (CEYLON) TEA AND RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. 



While tea is avowedly the main crop of this company, the 

 rubber yield is acknowledged to bring a welcome addition to 

 the profits. According to the report presented at the fourth 

 annual meeting held on April 12, the company bad 74 acres 

 under cultivation to rubber, and on the various estates 47,172 

 Para and 9,608 Ceara trees. The rubber crop last year amounted 

 to 2,398 lbs., the cost of production of which was 2 shillings 

 per pound, while the net i)rice at which it sold was 5s. 9>4d. 

 .A final dividend of 6 per cent, was unanimously agreed to. 



THE BIKAM (PEBAK, F. M. S.) RtTBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. 



At the first annual general meeting of shareholders, held in 

 London on April 11, the directors presented a report showing 

 32,657 pounds of ruliber collected, for which, after deducting all 

 sale charges, an average net price of 5s. 6.20d. was realized. Tlir 

 monthly output of rubber increased, from 1,266 pounds in June, 

 1910, to 5.772 pounds in December. 1910. The crop of rubber 

 for the year 1911 is estimated by the manager at 100,000 pounds, 

 against the prospectus estimate of 83,600 pounds. The cost of 

 production, owing to the relatively small quantity of rubber 

 harvested, tlie great care necessary in tapping new areas, and 

 tile fact that the coi lies had to be taught to tap. was high. 



Oldest Hevea Trees in M.\l.\v Peninsula. 

 (Singapore Botanical Gardens.) 



amounting, after adding all expenses, to 2s. 10.13d. per pound. 

 The total area planted is 1,000 acres. The net profit, for the 

 period from November 8, 1909, to December 31, 1910, ainounled 

 to £4,391 8s. Id., from which the directors reconunended the pay- 

 ment of a dividend of 8 per cent., which would absorb £3,(500. 



THE ANGLO-MALAY RUBBER COMPANY. LTD. 



The directors' report and statement of accounts of the above 

 company, prepared for presentation at the fifth annual general 

 meeting in London, on May 5, shows a crop of rubber for the 

 year of 673,132 pounds, compared with 577,550 pounds for tlie 

 preceding year, the average net price produced was 6s. 2d., against 

 6s. for 1909. The cost of production was, however, somewhat 

 higher, amounting to Is. Id. per pound, f. o. b. Port Swettenham, 

 compared with lOyid. per pound in 1909. Higher wages paid 

 to tapping coolies, large number of trees tapped for first time, 

 enhanced export duty and increased bonus to staff, are reported 

 as the factors in this higher cost of production. The net profit 

 for the year, with the balance brought forward, amounted to 

 £155,149, from wliicli has been paid three interim dividends, each 

 of 25 per cent, h'rdni tlie amount remaining, £42,(349 14s. Id. the 

 directors recommended the payment of a final dividend of 25 

 per cent., leaving £5,149 14s. Id. to be carried forward to next 



