August 1. 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



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Cimiming. R. W. llarrison. Leonard Wrav. I. S. O., and E. 

 Mitdioll. 



SOUTHERN INDIA. 



Eight e.statts only exhibited from this portion of the Britisli 

 Empire. Their lots of Ceara crepe, black and white Para crepe, 

 and sheet from 4VL>-year-old Hevca trees were as good as the 

 best, ar.d the photographs showed plantations in an excellent 

 itate of cultivation. The South India Committee is: J. A. 

 Richardson, Cliahman; G. L. Acworth, H. M. Knight. Henry 

 Small. C. E. S. Chamljers, H. Sime, J. C. Sanderson. D. G. 

 Macforlane, G. Croll. Erroll Sinclair. 

 L. E, Kirwan, D. Mc.\rthur, R. L 

 Proudlock. K. L. Gudgeon. J. A. 

 Harris, G. Romilly, J. Weymouth 



of cultivated rubljer from Heveas, 

 Fiinliiniias, Mauiliots, Landolphias 

 and l-'icus, the samples prepared by 

 various methods. There were also 

 bottles of latex froin all of their rub- 

 ber yielding trees, seeds, herbarium 

 specimens, trunks of trees, latex 

 cups, tapping tools and photographs. 



Those to whom the credit for the 

 very informing exhibits are due are: 



Cdiinuissioiier, H. Powell, Chief, 

 Economic Plant Division of the East 

 Africa Protectorate. Commissioners, 

 I'Vancis Crowther, Secretary for Na- 

 tive Affairs; W. S. D. Tudhope, Di- 

 rector of Agriculture of the Gold 

 Coast Colony, and Commissioner R. 

 I-'yffe, .Ag. Superintendent of For- 

 ests, of Uganda. 



BRITISH GUI.VN.A, TRINIDAD AND TOB.VGO, 

 JAMAICA AND THE WEST INDIES. 



P>alata, rubber from Sa/'ium Jen- 

 niaiii, and from planted Hevea Bra- 

 siliensis, excellent samples, covered 

 the rubber exhibit of this colony. 

 There was, in addition, many fine 

 photographs and special publications 

 that explained in detail almost any- 

 thing one would desire to know con- 

 cerning the resources of the country. 



Trinidad furnished samples of rubljer Castilloa and Hevea, to- 

 gether with seeds, plants, latex tapping tools, machines, diagrams 

 of rubber production, photographs and herbarium specimens. 



E'or Jamaica, John Barclay, Secretary of the Permanent Ex- 

 hil)itions Coinn.ittic, ser.t specimens of plantation niljbor and 

 photographs. 



From Dominica, Joseph Jones, Secretary of the Permanent 

 Exhibitions Committee, sent samples of rubber, bottles of latex 

 ai d fir.c herbarium specimens. 



and H. P. Hodgson. 



BRITISH AFRICA. 



F""rom the British East .Africa Pro- 

 tectorate came samples of Ceara rub- 

 ber from several plantations, to- 

 gether with samples of vine rubber 

 from two Landolf>lnas, M"goa rubber 

 from a Masearenlmsia, and a great 

 variety of beans used as catch crops. 

 There was also a magnificent collec- 

 tion of photographs showing planta- 

 tions, government farms ami .African 

 scenery. 



From the Uganda Protectorate 

 were sent scrap, biscuit and crepe 

 from Hevea. Maniliot, Fitnlumia. a 

 Landolphia and a Clitandra. There 

 were also shown liottles of latex, 

 seeds of rubber trees, sections of 

 rubber tree trunks, lianes. and fruits 

 and flowers of the funtumia. 



From the Gold Coast came sam- 

 ples of ordinary African rubbers as 

 they appear in the trade ; specimens 



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