August 1,.1911. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



409 



FINE SAPIUM GROWTH. 



Mr. Quincy Tucker, who is managing the Boston Rubber 

 Estates in British Guiana, sends us a photograph of Sapiiim 







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Sapium Jenmani 1 Year and 9 Months Old. 



Jciiiiuiiii, one year and nine months old. This was planted by a 

 previous tenant and while the growth is remarkable Mr. Tucker 

 is very wisely interplanting with Hevea BrasHunsis. 



COMPARISON OF CEYLON AND MALAYA RUBBER PROSPECTS. 



Looking at the matter from an investor's point of view, Mr. 

 R. E. Stephens, a retired London merchant (according to the 

 Ceylon Observer) when visiting Colombo, expressed the opinion 

 that the prospects of Federated Malay Companies were better 

 than those of Ceylon corporations. This he attributed to climatic 

 conditions and to the flow of latex in Ceylon not being so good, 

 although the trees are large and the growth good. At the same 

 time he considered the management to be much better in Ceylon. 



He had recently transferred his holdings in Ceylon shares to 

 those of the Federated Malay States companies. 



MALACCAS PROGRESS. 



According to the official report of the Malacca administration, 

 the year 1910 was one of marked prosperity ; the revenue being 

 equ,al to about $700,000 (gold) or nearly double that for 1909. 

 Land premiums amounted to nearly $60,000 (gold), or more 

 than the combined premiums of the three previous years. 



The rubber exported represented nearly $l,5(X3,O0O (gold) 

 against $400,000. Over 35 companies arc working, with an 

 aggregate capital 6i more than $7,.SOO,000 (gold), 



TWO NEW CEYLON LATEX PATENTS. 



According to the Ceylon Cacette, the specification has been 

 accepted of a patent granted to Mr. William Francis Barnes for 

 an appliance to hold cups used for the collection of latex from 

 rubber trees when not in use. This device is a combination of 

 a clip for holding an empty cup and a tal)let for indicating the 

 number of the tree to which clip and tablet are affixed. 



In respect to an invention by Mr. Henry Erskine Watt, of 

 EderapoUa, Yatiyantota, Ceylon, a patent specification has been 

 accepted for a tool intended to cut a grooved channel in the bark 

 of a tree, by means of two curved and hooked cutting blades, 

 hooked to the desired curve of the channel to be cut. The cut- 

 ting is effected by pushing or pulling and from left to right or 

 from right to left. 



SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS OF RUBBER BURNED. 



Penang advices state that through a fire which occurred on 

 May 31, at the drying shed of the Gcdong Rubber Estate, the 

 building and the 70,000 lbs. t)f rubber it contained, were totally 

 destroyed. The losses are understood to be covered by in- 

 surance. 



PLANTATION NOTES. 



Scottish-Malay Rlkher Co. reports 31,002 pounds of dry rub- 

 ber collected for 1910, against an estimated yield of 25,000 pounds. 

 The net price received was 5i. ll/66rf. per pound, the profit for 

 the year to December 31, 1910, being stated at iS,368.79 ($26,125). 

 The company acquired 170 acres of additional land during the 

 past year, making a total of 2,440 acres. The company reports 

 32,023 pounds of dry rubber harvested for the six months ending 

 June 30, 1911, compared with 8,476 pounds for the same period 

 in 1910. 



Vallambrosa Rubber Co., Limited, reports 91,300 pounds of 

 rubber harvested for the three months ending June 30, 1911, com- 

 pared with 92,5(X) pounds for the same period in 1910. ,\t their 

 meeting, held June 30, 1911, the directors resolved to carry £15,000 

 ($72,997) to a reserve fund, available for development expendi- 

 ture, and to recommend to the shareholders a final dividend of 

 2 shillings per share, making 175 per cent, for the year ended 

 March 31, 1911. 



The United Serdanc (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations. Li.m- 

 ited, harvested on its estates for the six months ended May 31, 

 1911, approximately 157,683 pounds of rubber, of which 115,089 

 pounds was reported sold at a gross average of 5j. 4^rf. per 

 pound. 



The Pataling Rubber Estates on June 21 declared a first in- 

 terim dividend of 50 per cent, in respect of the financial year 

 ending December 31, 1911. 



BuKiT R.\jAH Rubber Co., Limited, in its annual report for 

 the year ended March 31, 1911, shows a rubber crop for the year 

 1910-11 of 437,997 pounds, for which a gross price was obtained 

 of 6s. 0. 29rf. in London. For the current year the manager esti- 

 mates a crop of 550,000 pounds. It was-proposed to pay a final 

 dividend of 70 per cent, on the ordinary shares, making 1.50 per 

 cent, for the year. 



Bambrakelly (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Co. for the year 

 ended March 31, 1911, reported a crop of 16,540 pounds of rub- 

 ber, the cost of production of which was 2s. Syid. per pound, and 

 the net average price realized 5s. per pound. The estimate for 

 the current year is 40,250 pounds of rubber. 



The Telok Dalam Co., Limited, of Antwerp, Belgium, has a 

 plantation at Asahan, Sumatra, of 5,870 acres, of which 1,069 acres- 

 are planted with trees 4 to 8 years old, and 948 acres were 

 planted in 1910. The first year 14,733.3 pounds of rubber was 

 collected. 



SuNGi Dangar (Malay) Rubber Comtanv. June 14. Capital 

 170,000 ($340,655), to carry on business as rubber planters and 

 manufacturers of rubber, gutta percha, gums, etc., and to adopt an 

 agreement with the Pioneer Rubber and Oil Syndicates, Lim- 

 ited. First directors: C. H. Meares, R. W. Harrison, C. Fether- 

 stonehaugh, C. Henley and K. Stevens. 



Kuala Sei.ancor Rubber Co., Limited, at the fifth annual meet- 

 ing of shareholders, adopted a report declaring a final dividend 

 of 30 per cent, for the year en<led December 31, 1910. The rub- 

 ber collected for the year was 40,000 pounds, against an estimate 

 of 19,8(X) pounds. The estimate for the current year is 195,000 

 pounds. 



