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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1911. 



account. The report describes all the mills and factories as in 

 good condition, and new factories, with complete equipment, in 

 course of erection on two of the estates. The crop for 1911 is 

 estimated at 750,000 pounds, and the tappable area will be about 

 2,150 acres. 



PLANTATION COMPANY NOTES. 



The Villa Nova Rubber Estates and Trading Company, Ltd., 

 capital £200.000, organized to acquire and operate the "Sobras da 

 Fazenda, Sao Mauricio" rubber properties, in the State of 

 Bahia, Brazil, offers an issue of £25,000 si.\ per cent, convertible 

 mortgage debentures, of £10 each. The proceeds, after pay- 

 ment of preliminary expenses, will be employed as working 

 capital and for the general progress of the company. 



Anglo-Java Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd., owning and operat- 

 ing several producing rubber estates in Java, recently announced 

 an issue, at par, of £85,000 seven per cent, first mortgage con- 

 vertible debentures, part of an authorized issue of £100,000 like 

 securities, in debentures of £50, £100 and £500. The proceeds 

 were to be used in taking up debentures already on the market. 



Harrisons & Crosfield, Ltd., held a meeting on April 25 to 

 sanction the creation and issue of a further £200,000, Sj/2 per 

 cent, cumulative preference shares of £1 each to enable the direc- 

 tors to take advantage of exceptional opportunities offered to 

 them of still further extending the business of the company. 



RUBBER PLANTING INTERESTS. 



The Vallambrosa Rubber Co., Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland, 

 report the amount of rubber harvested for the twelve months 

 ending March 31, 1911, at 411,300 pounds, compared with 371,306 

 pounds for the same period last year. 



The Sungei Liang Rubber Co., Limited, with an issued capital 

 of £33,000 out of a nominal capital of £70,000, has recently 

 issued £25,000, 7 per cent, first mortgage debenture stock, which 

 was offered to the shareholders of record at par, in the pro- 

 portion of £2 stock for every three shares held. 



Bambrakelly (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Co. announce the 

 declaration of an interim dividend of 2 per cent., payable March 

 18, on shares ranking as fully paid for the whole of the financial 

 year. 



RUBBER EXPORTS I ROM THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



According to published statistics, the exports of rubber from 

 the Federated Malay States, during 1910, were more than 

 double those of the preceding year and three and one half times as 

 great as from Ceylon. The official totals are as follows : Rub- 

 ber exports from Federated Malay States in 1910, 12,213,526 

 pounds, compared with 6,008,815 pounds in 1909. Taking the 

 increase by states, Perak made 162 per cent. ; Selangor, 95 per 

 cent. ; Negri Sembilan, 64 per cent, and Pahang, 8.944 per cent, 

 increases, as compared with last year's output. Pahang pro- 

 duced 5,929 pounds in 1910, compared with 66 pounds in 1909. 



RUBBER PLANTATION CORPORATIONS. 



Following are the names of companies recently organized to 

 engage in the rubber-planting business that have been registered 

 by the London Stock E.xchange : 



Bukit Tambun Coconut Co., Limited; capital, $75,000; to ac- 

 quire plantations in the District of Juroo, Province Wellesley, 

 Federated Malay States, for the cultivation of rubber, coconuts, 

 and other produce. 



Yatadeira Rubber and Tea Co. (March 3); capital, £150,000; 

 to take over the business of Ceylon planters, estate owners, mer- 

 chants and manufacturers, carried on by the Yatadeira Tea Com- 

 pany of Ceylon, Limited. First directors : R. A. Cameron, L. B. 

 Wyse. R. H. Eliot and T. G. Hayes. 



Tirucalli Rubber Concessions (March 4); capital, £35,000. 

 Planters of and dealers in rubber, jelutong and other gums, etc. 

 To acquire property in Natal or elsewhere. First directors : Sir 

 James Heath, Bart., D. IL Macphcrson, H. Noyes and Sir T. 

 Salter Pyne. 



Selangor United Rubber Estates (March 6); capital, £90,(XX). 

 To acquire any concessions, grants, decrees, rights, etc., in the 

 Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States or elsewhere and to 

 adopt an agreement with the Ernesti Syndicate, Limited. 



Culloden Tea and Rubber Investment Co. (March 6); capital, 

 £250,(XX). To adopt an agreement with J. D. Fletcher. First 

 directors: J. D. Fletcher, A. A. Baumann and E. B. N. 

 Mackenzie. 



Deltota (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Plantations; capital, £40,- 

 (X)0. Agreement with Tea Plantations Investment Syndicate, 

 Limited. First directors : Sir William W. Mitchell, J. E. McCabe, 

 T. B. Smith and E. R. Wiggin. 



Ulu Pari Rubber Estates; capital, £55,000. To acquire cer- 

 tain lands, known as the LMu Pari Estates, Perak, Federated 

 Malay States and to adopt an agreement with the Pari Syndi- 

 cate, Limited. First directors : Sir John Furley, W. H. Wilson 

 and R. M. Conolly. 



Werompi (Ashanti) Rubber and Gold Concessions (March 

 13), capital £250,0(X). Gold and general miners, growers of rub- 

 ber and other crops. To acquire 100 square miles of concessions 

 in the southern district of Ashanti, West Africa, and to adopt 

 an agreement with the British West Africa Traders, Limited. 

 First directors: W. O'Malley, m. p., A. Higginson and Sir 

 Broderick C. D. A. Hartwell. 



Rotterdam-Deli Hevea (March 15). To acquire, from the 

 Rotterdam-Deli Maatschappy, an estate at Bahilang. on the East 

 coast of Sumatra, consisting of about 4,487 acres, for the cul- 

 tivation of Hevca Brasiliensis rubber, and to adopt an agreement 

 with the Globe Trust, Limited. First directors : Sir William B. 

 Hudson, H. A. Van Nievelt, W. Norfolk, C. W. Skinner and 

 O. F. Weise. 



Deltota (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Plantations, Limited, cap- 

 ital £40,(X)0, to acquire the "Bowlana" and "Ooloowatte" estates, 

 near Deltota, in the Lower Hewaheta district of Ceylon. On 

 Ooloowatte, are 78 acres of Ceara, 15,000 trees being reported in 

 1909 as tappable. The rubber acreage is to be greatly extended. 



Selangor United Rubber Estates, Limited capital £90,000. 

 To acquire and work the New Comet, Brownwilie and St. An- 

 drew Estates, in the State of Selangor, Federated Malay States. 

 The estates comprise 1,704 acres, mostly planted with Hevea 

 brasiliensis, altogether 111,370 trees, the total appraised value of 

 the property being £47,000. 



Nyong Rubber Plantations, capital £150.(XX). To acquire the 

 rubber plantations of Delane on the right bank of the Nyong 

 river, in the colony of Camerun. In May, 1910, there were on 

 the estate 529,000 rubber trees and more have since been planted. 



Mooply Valley Rubber Company, capital £25,(XX). Rubber and 

 general produce planters and merchants, and to acquire certain 

 interests in the Palapilly and Mooply Valley estates, in Southern 

 India. First directors : J. Eraser, H. Small, T. C. Forbes and 

 K. E. Nicoll. 



Kombok Rubber Company (March 23), capital £100,000. To 

 take over the Kombok Estate, district of Seremban, Negri Sem- 

 bilan, Fed. Malay States. First directors: R. W. Giblin, J. 

 Anderson and C. M. Cunnning. 



New Kali Selogiri (Java) Plantations, capital £70,000, formed 

 to take over the Kali Selogori Estate of about 2,087 acres, on 

 the northeast slope of the Merapi Mountain, sub-district of 

 Suigatornau, district of Banjoewanji, Residency of Besoki, 

 South East Java, mostly planted with Hevea rubber, with some 

 Rambong rubber and some interplantcd cocoa and coffee. Of 

 the total 70,000 £1 shares, 20,000 were to be issued as fully paid, 

 in part payment of the purchasse consideration. 



Lowland Rubber Estates (Ceylon), Limited, capital £50.000, 

 formed to acquire and operate a property of about 1,279 acres, 

 being part of Molesworth Brothers Rubber Estates, in the low- 

 lands of Ceylon, on the Mahaveli River. The company ex- 

 pect to have 2(K),000 Ceara trees ready for tapping, end of 1914. 



