September i, iqio.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



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The New Malaysian Rubber. 



Till- statutory meeting of the United Malaysian Rubber Co., 

 Limited, required under the British corporation laws, was 

 held in London on July 27, when it was announced that 

 plans had been completed by acquiring the whole of the stock of 

 the Malaysian Rubber Co., incorporated in New Jersey, in the 

 United States. [See The India Rubber World, June 1, 1910 — 

 page 302.] 



The company has been formed for working gutta-jelutong 

 into a rubber of high grade. Up to July 17 the factory of the 

 company at Goebilt, Sarawak, had turned out 325,213 pounds 

 of prepared rubber and the last sales had realized 5.?. [=$1.21 2/3] 

 per pound. It was believed that the operation would have 

 been much larger, but for the destruction by fire in Singapore 

 of a great quantity of chemicals. 



Concessions have been obtained of exclusive rights for tap- 

 ping jelutong in the Federated Malay States, over an area offi- 

 cially reported at 4,945,608 acres. In addition to the company's 

 interests at Sarawak, shares are held in two Dutch companies, 

 the Nederlandsch Indisch Boschproducten Maatschappij, and 



the Karimon Rubber Maatschappij, carrying important rights in 

 South Borneo and the Karimon islands. The erection 1 I ■ 

 factory in the Karimon islands, to cost more than i6o,oco, is 

 contemplated. 



Dr. Philip Schidrowitz, of London, an expert in the chemistry 

 of rubber, having just returned from a two months' visit to 

 Sarawak, made a most favorable report on the prospects of the 

 company. Dr. Schidrowitz regarded the future supply of gutta- 

 jelutong as safely assured, and he did not believe that the pro- 

 duction was likely to become so large as to result in a decline 

 of prices to a figure which would cease to make the work of the 

 company extremely profitable. 



Later information is that the factory at Goebilt during the 

 first week in August shipped 35,500 pounds of rubber, and it 

 was expected that by the date of this paper the plant would 

 be turning out more than 10,000 pounds daily. The Karimon 

 Islands plant, about 30 miles from Singapore, expected to be 

 in operation by the end of January next, is planned for a 

 minimum capacity of 30,000 pounds of rubber product daily. 



"Gutta-Jelutong" Tree in Jungle. 



I Showing Method of Tapping Now in Use.] 



[Dr. 



"Gutta-Jelutong" Tree in Jungle. 

 P. Schidrowitz and Native Tapper in Foreground.] 



