Makch 1, 1914.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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RUBBER EXPORTS FROM NETHERLANDS INDIA. 



ACCORDIXG to the following statistics, sent liy L'nited States 

 Consul Brailstreet S. Rairflcn, of Batavia. last year's rubber 

 exports of Netherlands India amounted to 4,130 tons, including 

 Java 1.393, and other islands 2,737 tons. In the latter amount 

 are included exports of 1,973 tons for K.ast Sumatra. For coni- 

 l)arison three years' statistics are quoted : 



Islands 

 other than Java. Java. Total. 



, >• r- ^ , . • , 



1910. 1911. 1912. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1910. 1911. 1912. 



Hclgium tons 110 68 91 13 15 63 123 83 154 



(lermany 191 56 IS 191 56 15 



Croat Britain 17 22 108 8 99 493 25 121 601 



Netherlands 45 63 260 39 181 805 84 244 1,065 



Straits Seulcments 2,330 1,674 2,250 3 25 3 2,333 1,699 2,253 



Other countries 4 11 13 8 40 29 12 51 42 



Total 2,697 1,894 2,737 71 360 1,393 2,768 2,254 4.130 



The distribution of the several varieties of rubber is shown as 

 follows : 



Islands other than Java — Ficiis, 482 tons; Hcx'ca, 1,447 tons; other kinds, 

 808 tons. Total, 2,737 tons. 



East Sumatra— FiViii, 467 tons; Hc:ca, 1,489 tons; other kinds, 17 tons. 

 Total, 1.973 tons. 



THE INTERNATIONAL RUBBER CONGRESS AND 

 EXHIBITION AT BATAVIA. 



A N international rubber congress will lie held at Batavia. 

 ^*- Java, September, 1914. Owing to the large investments of 

 foreign capital in the Xctherland East Indies, the holding of 

 an international exhibition is distinctly- appropriate. .About live- 

 sixths of the $92,500,000 foreign investment is Knglish, the 

 bulk of the remainder Ijcing Belgian : while the .American propor- 

 tion is only $6,000,000. 



With the view of attracting further capital, a strung and in- 

 fluential local conmiittce has been appointed, including a num- 

 ber of leading officials, bankers and merchants. 



A committee for Malaya has also been formed with such 

 representative members as Mr. L. Lewton-Brain, director of 

 agriculture, Kuala Lumpur; Mr. I. II. Burkbill, director Botan- 

 ical Gardens, Singapore, and Mr. R. W. Mimro, chpirman 

 Planters' Association of Malaya. 



The Netherland committee includes a number of prominent 

 men in Holland, while the Executive Council (on which devolves 

 the work at the scene of action) has for president, Major-General 

 J. G. H. De Voogt, Batavia, and for vice-president. Dr. W. R. 

 Tromp de Haas, director of government rubber and gutta percha 

 estates. Five committees second the efforts of the Executive 

 Council. 



The program is a dual one. A congress will be held from 

 September 7 to 12, and the exhibition will last from September 

 8 to October 10. The congress w-ill 1)e divided into eight 

 sections, comprising the whole range of the subject of rubber, 

 upon which it will be addressed by leading authorities, and which 

 will ultimately be discussed in joint sessions. In order that 

 those interested may become acquainted with manufactured rub- 

 ber goods, an exhibition of these will be held in addition to 

 that of crude rubber. Machinery should arrive at the Exhibition 

 grounds before July 10, while other exhibits should reach Batavia 

 before August 1. The catalog is in preparation and will be 

 printed, to the number of some ten thousand copies, in I'"nglish 

 and Dutch. 



Various important demonstrations will take place during the 

 exhibition ; aitiong others the Byrne patents, the property of the 

 Rubber Curing Patents Syndicate. Kuala Lumpur, will be ex- 

 hibited. The Botanical Gardens. .Singapore, will also send an 

 exhibit. 



Applicaticms for space should be made before .Xpril 1. to the 

 Netherland Committee, the president of which is Mr. G. Visser- 

 ing, ))resident of the Netherland Bank, .\mstcrdam ; or to Messrs. 



Ruijgrok & Co., Haarlem (Holland). In view of the influential 

 support it is receiving, marked success is predicted for this 

 important event. 



The Semarang (Java) Colonial Exhibition, which will take 

 place about the same time, will not in any way conflict with the 

 Batavia display, as the former will omit all reference to rubber. 



Since writing the above general description of the proposed 

 Batavia Exhibition, the "Guide to Visitors'' has come to hand. 

 It contains a folding plan of Batavia and a map of Java. A 

 full list is also given of the various sub-committees and their 

 constituent members, in Java and in Europe. 



The Exhibition Jury will consist of five sections, disiribiKed 

 as follows: — Section 1, Botany, diseases, literature and scientific 

 testing; Section 2, Cultivation, tapping and preparation; Section 

 3. Wild rubber, substitutes and gutta percha; Section 4. Econ- 

 omy, trade and statistics; Section 5, Vulcanized caoutchouc. 



A series of excursions is being planned by the Ofticial Tourist 

 Bureau in connection with the exhibition. The "Guide to Visit- 

 ors" contains the names of the individual experts intending to 

 take part in the congress, with the subjects they propose to treat. 



THE COLONIAL EXPOSITION AT SEM&RANG. 



While the Batavia E.xhibition is especially devoted ti> the 

 lubber industry, the Colonial Exposition at Semarang is intended 

 to illustrate the progress of Dutch commerce within the last 

 century and particularly during the last ten years. Its special 

 object is to commemorate the centenary of the return of the 

 Netherlands Indies under Dutch rule in 1814. on the fall of the 

 Napoleonic dynasty. 



The exposition to some extent overlaps that of Batavia. as it 

 opens August 13 and closes November 15. 



In a neat booklet the administrative body has outlined the plan 

 ;md objects of the di,splay, wdiich has the following divisions: — 

 colonial government, agriculture, domestic industry, foreign in- 

 <lustry, commerce and traffic. 



.An effort will be made to practically illustrate the advantage 

 presented by the Dutch East Indies to European commerce. 

 Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Celebes are the principal islands, and 

 the growth of their united connncrcc is indicated by the following 

 returns : 



Imports. Exports. 



1900 $73,000,000 $100,000,000 



1910 130.000.000 180.000.000 



Sugar and hides are the most important articles of export, 

 while dry goods and flour are the largest imports. The Sem- 

 arang exposition will not deal with rubber and will thus not 

 conflict with that of Batavia. while the latter in handling only 

 rubl)er leaves a clear field for its colleague. Machinery will 

 form an attractive item for the planters of the island, and it is 

 hoped that .American manufacturers will avail themselves of the 

 opportunities thus afforded them. 



Mr. T. Greidanus, of 136 Water street. New >"ork. is the rep- 

 resentative of the Exposition for the United States. 



PROPOSED RUBBER GOODS FACTORY IN JAVA, 



.A new industry is said to be in course of establishment at 

 Sourabaya, Java, in the form of a factory for the Dunlop Rub- 

 ber Co., the well-known English tire firm. The factory is to be 

 situated at Ketabang, near Sourabaya, in the vicinity of the 

 Regent's residence, and is intended for the production of all 

 classes of rubber goods, which have hitherto been imported. The 

 company has been investigating the question of the climate and 

 claims to have proved that the goods made in Java will fully 

 compete with imported products and will well withstand the cli- 

 matic influences to which they would be subjected in manufac- 

 ture. It is further reported that the Dunlop company contem- 

 plates the erection of factories at Singapore and Penang. 



