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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



[SEPTEMBtR 1, 1911. 



transport, the output of any concession at present worked by 

 native firms could be doubled. The exportation from the north of 

 the State finds an outlet on the .\mazon, and does not pass through 

 Cuyaba. I consider that quite 50 per cent, of the rubber consigned 

 to Monte Video from this district eventually finds its way to 

 British markets. The total rubber exported of all qualities was: 

 Uruguay, 264,325 kilos ; Germany, 67,283 kilos ; United Kingdom, 

 193,219 kilos; Belgium, 5,651 kilos. 



AJCERICAN PLANTERS IM THE PHILIPPIKES. 



The Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington has lately 

 issued a most informing bulletin on cocoanut growing in the 

 Philippines. It is from the pen of the Hon. Dean C. Worcester, 

 who has had the advantage of fifteen years' study of planting 

 there. It is not our purpose here to treat the essay, excellent 

 though it is, but to point to the ever growing interest in planta- 

 tions of various sorts in the islands. We agree most heartily 

 with the Manilla Daily Mail, which says: 



The Philippine Islands offer one of the best fields in the world 

 for the investment of capital in rubber growing, both the soil 

 and the climate being adapted to rubber cultivation. 



Some rubber plantations have been established by the far- 

 seeing and enterprising, but the Philippines are capable of supply- 

 in the entire American market with rubber, and in the future may 

 supply that demand, but the plantations now producing rubber 

 are small compared to what might be accomplished in that line. 



New syndicates are seeking investment in the islands, and a 

 number of young plantations are coming along in a promising 

 manner, but the cultivation of rubber in the Philippines is still 

 in its infancy. 



RtTBBEB GROWING IN PAPDA. 



According to a statement of the British Cotton Growing As- 

 sociation, which is largely interested in the development of 

 Papua, rubber is indigenous to that island. It is added, that in 

 the opinion of experts, the Para rubber tree attains maturity 

 there earlier than in most tropical countries. 



GUAYXTLERA STRIKE CALLED OFI. 



The strike of seven hundred men on July 23 at the Guayulera 

 Continental-Mexican rubber plant was of short duration. On 

 July 30 it was decided that those who desired to return to work 

 might do so without interference from the others. In conse- 

 quence, a full force of men reported for duty on the morning 

 of August 1. 



TO RAISE PONTIANAK IN BORNEO. 



The reported intention of the Netherlands-Indian Government 

 to give a German combination a concession for the cultivation 

 of si.x million acres of land in Borneo with Jelutong trees 

 Dyera costulata, has aroused opposition in Holland. Mr. J. G. 

 Schlimmer, a director of the Borneo Sumatra Handel Maat- 

 schappy, has issued a protest against the proposed concession. 

 He states that the terms by which trees must be registered and 

 other formalities observed, are of no consequence, as the Jelu- 

 tong trees in Borneo and Sumatra are only growing in prime- 

 val forests, where a whole army of functionaries would be 

 wanted to supervise the tapping. In his opinion, this concession 

 will practically be a monopoly in favor of foreigners. 



HOW MANY HEVEA SEEDS PER TREE. 



A correspondent of the "Times of Ceylon" having stated that 

 an average crop was 200 seeds per Herea tree, another 

 correspondent has disputed that assertion. From the ex- 

 perience of the latter writer, a few of his own trees, nearly 

 thirty years old had yielded an annual crop of 4,000 to 10,000 

 seeds per tree. In commenting on this letter, the journal 

 named remarks, that the yield of a few old trees must not 

 be reckoned, but that of a considerable number, from six to 

 eight years of age. 



GOVERNMENT CO-OPERATION IN MALAY RUBBER CULTURE. 



By the 1910 report of the Straits Settlements Forest 

 .\dministration, it would seem that thinnings of useless species 

 were in some instances made to give light to young gutta- 

 percha trees with very beneficial results ; the undergrowlii 

 interfering with gutta-percha and Para trees being cleared. 

 .\n increase was recorded of 45 per cent, in the yitl.l of that 

 rubber, as compared with 1909, from the Para rubber trees in 

 .Ayer Kroh and Bnkit Sebukor. 



PLANTATION NOTES. 



Intern.\tion.\l Rubber .^nd Produce Trust, Limited. At 

 the second annual general meeting, held in London, July 28, a 

 net revenue of £67,528 was reported, of which the directors re- 

 commended that i30,000 be placed to reserve and £37,583 carried 

 forward to next year's account. The report and accounts were 

 adopted. 



KiNTA Keu-.^s Rubber Est.\tes, Perak, Federated Malay 

 States, reports for the year ending March, 31,874^ acres planted 

 and 151,105 trees on the estate, of which 30,420 have been brought 

 into tapping. The year's yield was 30,085 pounds, which realized, 

 after deducting all charges, £7,361, the approximate cost of tap- 

 ping and curing being Is. 2d. per pound. The general manager's 

 crop estimate for the current year is 60,000 pounds. The di- 

 rectors propose an interim dividend of 5 per cent, on account 

 of the current year. 



Jer.^n (Sel.\ngor) Rubber Est.^tes report the entire area of 

 1.039 acres planted. For the year ending March 31, 1911, the 

 crop of dry rubber amounted to 14,152 pounds, against an esti- 

 mate of 12,000 poiuids, the selling price being 5s. 3'^d. per pound. 

 The cost of the rubber, f.o.b. Port Swettenham, was Is. Syid. 

 per pound ; 22,431 trees were reported as under tapping on 

 June 10, and the estimated crop of 35,000 pounds for the current 

 year promised to be largely exceeded. From the amount stand- 

 ing to profit and loss ( £2,556 ) the directors recommend the 

 payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. 



Vallambros.\ Rubber Company reports 126,000 pounds of rub- 

 ber harvested for four months ending July 31, 1911, compared 

 with 132,000 pounds for the same period last year. Complaints 

 are made of protracted drought. 



Scottish Malay Rubber Company, Limited, reports 38,135 

 pounds of dry rubber harvested for seven months ending Jvily 31, 

 1911, compared with 11,509 pounds for the corresponding period 

 of 1910. 



Sapumalkande Rubber Company, Limited. For six months 

 ended June 30, 37,778 pounds of rubber were harvested, of which, 

 up to the beginning of .August, 18,190 pounds had been sold at a 

 gross average of 5s. 9d. per pound. 



Riverside (Selancor) Rubber Company, Limited, harvested 

 23,557 pounds of dry rubber for seven months ending July 31. 



The Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Company, Limited, an- 

 nounces the issue of 2,500 6 per cent, second mortgage debentures 

 of £10 each, the proceeds to be used for the improvement of the 

 property. 



The .-Xnglo-Malay Rubber Company, Limited, has declared 

 an interim dividend of 15 per cent, in respect of the financial year 

 ending December 31, 1911. 



Ulu Buloh (Selancor) Rubber Company, Limited. The 

 directors' report, presented at the second annual general meeting 

 of shareholders, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 26, shows a 

 total acreage of 1,522 acres, of which 692"^ acres are planted. 

 Manager F. G. Harvey expected to have 12,000 trees ready for 

 tapping July 1, from which he anticipated a yield of 12,000 

 pounds of rubber, before the end of 1911. 



Percival Farquhar and Dr. C.'VRLOS Sampaio, who are said 

 to have been in treaty for the purchase of 9,884 acres of land 

 in the district of IgaTape-Assu, have left Para for Europe. 



