August t, "911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



431 



An important meeting of the International Rubber Testing 

 Committee was held. Dr. A. H. Bcrkhout presiding. After the 

 reports of the committees, a plea for the universal standard- 

 ization of rubber, it was ainioimced that Professor Ruber ex- 

 pected to form a branch of the society for Brazil. 



I.\IPORT.\NT DINNERS. 



.'Xmong the important dinners incidental to the exhibition were 

 the West India diimer, given by the West India Committee at 

 the Agricultural Hall; the international banquet, held at Con- 

 naught Rooms, and the Netherlands banquet, held in the Wliite- 

 hall rooms of the Metropole Hotel. 



The feature of the International Banquet was the presenta- 

 tion of a check for $5,000, and an address to Mr. II. A. Wick- 

 ham, the pioneer of the ruliber industry in the East, by the Rub- 

 ber Growers' Association. There was also given him an an- 

 nuit>'. purchased with another $5,000. There was presented to 

 the representative of Kew Gardens an elegant piece of silver 

 plate. 



Grenier's Rubber News. Federated Malay States, silver trophy, 

 value 25 guineas [:=$12S]. for the best sample of commercial 

 plantation rubber grown in the h'ederated Malay States or 

 Ceylon. 



The Indi.\ Rubber Worlp, Xew York, trophy valued at $1,000, 

 for the best system of extracting latex from the Castilloa elastica, 

 without permanent injury to the tree. A silver cup, the stem 

 representing the trunk of a Castilloa elastica, terminating at the 

 top in a crown of the characteristic foliage of this species, that 

 supports a vase, of graceful form and suitably inscribed. Beside 

 the trunk of the tree stands a man, with a machete in one hand 

 and calabash in the other, tapping the tree in the destructive 

 fashion practiced by wild ruliber gatlierers. 



The Association des Planteurs de Caoutchouc trophy, a hand- 

 some silver bowl, value 50 guineas [=$2501, for the best sample 

 of plantation rubber grown in the Dutch East Indies. 



The West India Committee trophies. Two solid silver cups, 

 of attractive design, for competition by West Indian exhibitors. 



I II K .ASSOCI.MION OF DES Pl.VNTEURS DE 



Caoutchouc Trophy. 



The West Indi.\ Co.m.mittee Trophy. 



The President's Trophy. 



Trophies. 



A notable feature in connection with the exhibition was the 

 oflfer of a number of valuable trophies as awards for special 

 achievements in the various branches of the rubber interest. 

 For these there were some 200 contestants. The conditions of 

 competition were simplified as far as possible so that no entry 

 might be barred l)y red tape or informality. No entrance fee was 

 required, the only condition being that entries were required to 

 be in hand 1)y a certain date. The trophies were as follows : 



The President's Trophy, a handsome silver cup presented by 

 Sir Henry A. Blake. ( 1 ) To the manufacturer showing the 

 greatest variety of articles made from rubber, or it may be for 

 one article only; (2) or to a manufacturer of machinery' or for 

 some labor-saving device that would benefit manufacturers or 

 planters; (3) or for some simple invention of great value to all 

 connected with the rubber industry ; (4) or to the exhibitor of 

 some article which demonstrates how largely rubber may be used 

 for general and commercial use in a way hitherto unknown. 



The Rubber Growers' Association, London, gold, silver and 

 bronze medals for the best samples of plantation and other 

 rubber from any country. 



The India Rubber Journal. London, a silver shield, .sliowing 

 natives tapping plantation Hevea trees, value 100 guineas 

 [=$500], for the best sample of plantation Para rubber shown 

 at the exhibition. 



( 1 ) For the finest prepared sample of plantation rubber of any 

 species; (2) for the best specimen of balata. 



The gold medal of the Kolonial Wirthschaftliches Komitee, 

 for the best process and method of extracting, coagulating and 

 preparing rubber from Manihot, Kick.via and I'icus. 



The awards were as follows : 



President's Trophy. 

 Silver Cup — 



Harburg and X'ienn.-i India Rubber Com])any. 



Rubber Growers' Associ.\tion. 

 Special Gold Medal— 



Associacao Conuiiercial do .Xmazcnas, Maiians, Brazil. 



Gold Medals — 



Classes 1, 2, 3 — Highlands and Lowlands (Para) Rub- 

 ber Co. 

 Class 1— Sunnygama (Ceylon) Tea Estates Co. 

 Class 4 — Galphele Tea and Rubber Estates, Limited. 



Silver Medals — 



Class 1 — Selangor Rubber Co. 

 Class 2 — Tremellye Rubber Co. 

 Class 3 — Seafield Rubber Co. 



Bronze Medals— 



St. George Rulibcr Estates, Limited. 



