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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Al'RIL 1, 1911. 



A RUBBEB SHOE FOR TH£ RHINO TOE. 



The accoinpanving illustration sliows a rubber shot; adapted to 

 fit a modified form of the new style "rhino" toe, that promises 

 to be the ultra-fashionable foot-covering for the opening sea- 



PROGRESS OF RUBBER PLANTING. 



11 1. NO Toe RrnHtK. 



son. Some of the styles in leather shoes display the "rhino" 

 effect in much more "extreme" style than the rubber shown 

 herewith indicates. Whether the manufacturers will follow this 

 new fad in footwear to its furthest limit, remains to be seen. 

 [Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. Boston, Massachusetts.] 

 ALL METAL HOSE REELS. 



Proper care will prolong the life of a garden hose almost in- 

 definitely and the customary one or two seasons' wear is increased 

 by several years. The tubular all-metal hose reels are a most 

 important aid in properly caring for hose. Made wholly of 



W. & K. .All Met.\l Hose Reel. 



metal, they do not dry and drop to pieces, warp or rot, while 

 their tubular construction makes them li.ght and convenient to 

 handle. Mose reeled on one of these contrivances is drained in 

 reeling, not kinked or strained and when reeled up can be 

 wheeled into a shady place, thus fulfilling all the conditions 

 essential to its preservation. The accompanying illustration 

 shows the W. & K. No. 2 all metal reel, made with tubular 

 frame, and nine-inch drum of e.xtra heavy sheet steel with solid 

 steel arms, its capacity being 100 feet of -J^-inch hose, liimdled 

 for shipping it weighs 15 pounds [Wirt & Kno.x Manufacturing 

 Co.. Philadelpliia. Pennsylvania]. 



Some idea of the service expected from the tires with which 

 modern fire-fighting apparatus is equipped may be obtained from 

 statistics published, in regard to the new motor-propelled steam 

 fire engine, recently supplied to the New York b'ire Department 

 by the N'ott Fire Engine Co., Minneapolis, Minn. This powerful 

 machine, which develops 100 horse-power on brake test and can 

 maintain a speed of 3a miles an hour, weighs, wlien lo.adcd. 

 approximately 16.000 pounds. The tires witli which it is 

 equipped, made by the Diamond Rubber Co. (.Akron. Ohio), 

 are of the solid pattern. The machine is twenty feet long, over 

 all, an'l the wheeU set almost at each end, and at high speed, 

 over the not always too smooth pavements of New York, there 

 will be much jolting. The engine was recently subjected by the 

 I'ire Commissioner to a severe practical test, which, both as' to 

 travelling and pumping, it very successfully withstood. 



A YEAR'S RUBBER PLANTATION PROFITS— 32S',;. 



"TPHE accounts prejiared lor the eighth annual meeting of the 

 ■*■ Potaling Rubber Estates Syndicate, held in London, March 

 30, are a revelation as to the productiveness of a favorably located 

 and well managed Hevea rubber plantation. The net profits of 

 the pro|)erty amounting to 2,205 acres, of which 1,467.2 are under 

 cultivation to rubber and planted in Hevea, with a balance for- 

 ward from 1909, were £84,620. -After paying £45.000 in interim 

 dividends of 50.75 and 75 per cent., the sum of £39,620 remained, 

 from which the directors recommended the payment of a final 

 dividend of 125 per cent., making a total distribution of 325 per 

 cent, for the year and leaving a balance of £6,459 9s. lid. to be 

 carried forward. The following table gives a summary of the 

 results of the company's business for the past five years. 



1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Yield (pounds) 43,310 58,064 80,922 152,090 323.065 



Selling price, net . 5s. 1 7'16d. 3s. H'4d. 4s. SHd. 5s. lid. 6s. 2'4<i. 



Equivalent to $1.24^5 $0.89}i $1.05 $1.44 $1.51 



Dividends 40% 35%- 45% 1257o 3257« 



The large profits can be the more readily understood, when it 

 is explained that the total cost of production, f. o. b. Port Swet- 

 tenham, for shipment to Europe, was figured at one shilling 

 [24.33 cents] per pound. The manager estimates the crop of 

 rubber for the current year at 382.000 pounds. 



A GOOD YEAR FOR GOLDEN HOPE RUBBER ESTATE. 



The directors of the Golden Hope Rublicr Estate Limited 

 presented, at the annual meeting of that corporation, held in 

 London on March 30, a report from which we take the following 

 figures. The company has a property of 897 acres, of which 823 

 acres are planted in Heavea rubber. Prior to this year 30 acres 

 were planted to Rambong, but this has all been cut out and 

 replaced w-ith Para rubber. The following comparative state- 

 ment covering four years, will prove of interest. 



1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 



Yield (pounds) 5,591 14,075 51,420 81.000 



Selling price, net 3s. 7^d. . 4s. 3!/Sd. 6s. 7d. 5s. 9'.4d. 



Equivalent to $0,885 $1,044 $1,599 $1,387 



Dividends 67o 8% 30% 40% 



The directors report the cutting out of all coffee growing 



amongst rubber, and it is now proposed to replant the acreage 



on which coffee is grown alone, with Hevea rubber. The cost of 



producing the rubber, delivered f. o. b. at Port Swettenham, was 



Is. Of^d. (25.08 cents] per pound, and the crop for the current 



year is estimated at 114,240 pounds. 



SELABA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. 



.At the first annual general meeting of the Selaba Rubber 

 Estates, Limited, held in London on March 30, the directors pre- 

 sented a report covering the fifteen months ended December 31, 

 1911. from which it appears tliat the total rubber collected 

 amounted to 91,869 pounds, for which an average price of 6s. Sd. 

 per pound was realized. The total cost of production, f. o. b. 

 Teluk Anson, was just over Is. 7d. (= 38.51 cents) per pound. 

 The net profits amounted to £19,502 Is. 8d. .An interim dividend 

 of 5 per cent., paid in October, consumed £5,250, leaving £14.252 

 Is. 8d. available for distribvition. From this the directors recom- 

 mended the payment of a final dividend of 12}/2 per cent., making 

 17;4 per cent, for the fifteen months, and leaving £1.127 Is 8d. to 

 lie carried forward. The yield of rubber for 1911 is estimated 

 by the ni.iiiager at 175,000 pounds. 



Mr. 11.\r()ld H.xmel Smith, the editor of Trol>kal Life, of 

 London, is bringing out a book on "Soil and Plant Sanitation on 

 Cacao and Rubber Estates," which, in view of his familiarity 

 with the subjects covered promises to be a work of no little 

 practical value. It embraces special articles and supplementary 

 notes by a number of authorities on tropical planting, including 

 Mr. John Hinchley Hart, F. i,. s., wdio was so long at the head 

 of the botanical department of Trinidad. 



