October 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



15 



PLANTATION NOTES. 



Year first shown is date of registration. 



Anglo ]a\-.\ Estates. Report for year ending March 31, 1911, 

 states that the area now planted with Hcvea at Limburg, Landen, 

 is 5,101 acres, with approximately 554,063 trees. Tapping com- 

 menced in November, 1910, since which time the yield had been 

 531 pounds from the 6,638 trees tapped by end of March. Yield 

 from the Djarangan estate, 3,018 pounds. Average cost in gold 

 for Hevca, Ficiis and Castilloa equalled 64 cents ; sales averag- 

 ing $1.12. Unsold stock valued at 80 cents. 



SuMATR.\ Consolidated Rubber Estates, Limited, Langkat, 

 Sumatra. April, 1909, 8,000 acres. Planted area 1,972 acres, with 

 200,000 Para trees. Commenced tapping June, 1911 ; expect 30,- 

 000 pounds dry rubber during twelve months. Capital increased 

 to equivalent of $500,000 by creating 25,000 shares of $5 each. 



Sumatra Proprietary Rubber Plantations, Limited, Lang- 

 kat, Sumatra. May, 1909, 4,000 acres. Planted area 827 acres, 

 with 90,220 trees. Further acreage being cleared. 



Tenasserim Hevea Plantation, Limited, Mergui, Lower 

 Burma, April, 1910, 5,000 acres. Planted area 500 acres, with 193 

 trees per acre. Would require to raise $10,000 to $15,000 to complete 

 tlearings and start tapping. Prospect of a first-class rubber 

 plantation. Plants have started to put out young shoots. Few, 

 if any, vacancies, expected. 



' Deviturai Rubber & Tea Estates Company, Limited, Elpi- 

 tiya, Ceylon. March, 1910. 1,902 acres. Area planted in"rubber, 

 1,095 acres. Total crop, January to June, 1911, 33,970 pounds ; 

 January to June, 1910, 12,262 pounds. 



Malang Rubber Estates, Limited, Java. March, 1910, 1,394 

 acres. Area planted in rubber, 1,080 acres. Harvested in June, 

 310,323 pounds of dry rubber, 15.000 trees being tapped. Plants 

 absolutely free from disease. 



Panity.\ Tea and Rubber Company. Ceylon, .\pril, 1909, 

 IfiZSyi acres. L'nder cultivation, 1,028^ acres. Crop of dry 

 rubber, January 1 to July 31, 1911, 26,170 pounds, against 8,581 

 pounds for corresponding period of 1910. 



Rani Tr-avaneore Rubber Comp.^ny, Li.mited, Travancore, 

 Soutliern India. Total area. 3.504 acres, of which 2.790 acres are 

 planted with 495,000 Para rubber trees, averaging over five years 

 old. Began to yield in 1910, when 41,983 pounds were produced. 

 Crop estimate for 1911 of 145,000 pounds will be largely ex- 

 ceeded, returns up to July 31 being 5^ times greater than 

 in 1910. 



Jerong (Perak) Rubber Company, Limited. Dry rubber se- 

 cured to June 30, 1911, 147,948 pounds, against 101,140 last year. 

 Sales to June 30 averaged $1.48^ against $2.55 in 1910. 



Kepitigalla Rubber Estates, Limited, Ceylon. Established 

 April, 1906; 3,517 acres. Total area under rubber, 3.127 acres. 

 Output for eleven months to February, 1911, 39,895 pounds. Es- 

 timated crop for 1911, 72,000 pounds. Dividends, 1910, iyi per 

 cent; 1909, 4 per cent. 



Juru Est.wes, Limited, Penang, Federated Malay States. 

 January, 1910, 2,079 acres. Area under cultivation, 1,157 acres. 

 Trees growing well, many approaching bearing stage. Estimate 

 for 1911, 4,470 pounds dry rubbber. 



Lingci Plantations, Limited, Federated Malay States. Re- 

 constructed 1905 ; 10,017 acres. Area planted in rubber, 5,753 

 acres, with 285,000 trees, besides 450 acres being planted. Tap- 

 ping carried out over 2.030 acres. ."Vverage prices realized and 

 cost of production: 1910. 1909. 



Average price realized $1.39 $1.46 



Cost, f. o. b $0.30^ $0.23 



Quantity harvested in 1910, 878,754 pounds, against 545,219 pounds 

 for 1909. Estimate for 1911, 1,120,000 pounds. Final dividend 

 of 87^ per cent, for 1910, in addition to three interim dividends 

 of 50 per cent. each. An interim dividend of 4354 per cent, has 

 been declared for 1911. 



KivALOE Rubber Estates, Limited, Sumatra. February. 1910, 



18.000 acres. Have planted 782 acres with 104,000 Hevea trees, 

 134 trees to acre. Will continue planting. Expect to tap in 

 fourth year. Will plant a certain amount in coffee. 



Dennistown Rubber Estates, Limited, Krian, Federated 

 Malay States. November, 1909, 2,553 acres. Have planted 

 1,134 acres in rubber. Planting of reserve land to be rapidly 

 proceeded with. Complete factory, in course of shipment to 

 estate. Propose increasing acreage in cocoanuts. Estimated 

 year's production, 49,500 pounds. Average equalling S1.22 gold 

 obtained during past year for rubber. 



Kuala P.\hi Rubber Estate, Limited, Kelantan, Malay States. 

 January, 1910, 2,500 acres. Have 526 acres planted and 257 acres 

 ready for planting. Expect funds in hand will suffice to bring es- 

 tate into cultivation. , . , 



Kampong Kuantan Rubber Company, Limited, Selangor, 

 Federated Malay States. Original rubber company started plant- 

 ing 1906; l.OOO acres, all planted by 1908. Output, 1910, 6,991 

 pounds. Estimate for 1911, 70,000 pounds. Profit on few months' 

 production absorbed as further capital. 



Jasin (Malacca) Rubber Estates, Limited, Malacca Straits 

 Settlements. May, 1910, 1,176 acres. Had planted 748 acres by 

 January, 1911. Production for 1910, 3,460 pounds rubber; aver- 

 age price equalled $1.32 gold. Expect present capital will suffice 

 to bring 1,000 acres into bearing. 



Jugra Estate, Limited, Selangor, Federated Malay States. 

 .\ugust, 1900, 2920 acres. Area planted in rubber, 865 acres. 

 Production for year, 130,393 pounds, average price obtained 

 equalling $1.55j<2. Final dividend of 35 per cent., making total 

 of 60 per cent. 



Klanang Produce Company, Limited, Selangor, Federated 

 iVIalay States. Established May, 1899; 2,129 acres. Area planted, 

 1,429 acres. Harvested in six months, ending June, 1911, 64,885 

 pounds, of which 37,174 pounds sold at average equivalent of 

 $1.32'/> per pound. 



Tangoel Rubber Estates, Limited, Besoeki Resideney, Java. 

 February, 1910, 989 acres. Area planted, 910 acres, with Para 

 rubber trees. Dividend expected for year 1911-12. No fresh 

 capital required. 



Panagula Rubber Company, Limited, Ceylon. July. 1910, 

 835 acres. Area planted by original Ceylon company, 835 acres. 

 Output in 1910, 34,792 pounds, from which an average equalling 

 $1.34 was realized. Estimate for 1911, 70.000 pounds. New fac- 

 tory required for Ethelijadoda Estate. Chairman now in the 

 East will visit property. 



London Sum.-vtra Rubber and Produce Estates, Limited, 

 Sumatra. December, 1939. 7.533 acres. Area planted, 1,538 acres. 

 Estimated crops 1911, 3.000 pounds; 1912, 16,000 pounds. Arrang- 

 ing debenture issue to provide funds required for further develop- 

 ment. 



Cicely Rubber Estates Company. The sixth annual report of 

 this company shows a net profit on a paid-up capital of £16,000, 

 of £36,941, enabling the directors to pay a dividend for the year 

 of 205 per cent, on the preference and 200 per cent, on the ordi- 

 nary shares, leaving £4,090 to be carried forward, after carrying 

 £6,000 to a special reserve. The year's rubber harvest was 

 170,700 pounds, which cost Is. Zyid. per pound and sold at a 

 net average of 5s. 7^d. per pound. The company has 829 

 acres planted to rubber near Teluk .\nson. Lower Perak. Fed- 

 erated Malay States. 



RUBBER CDLTUEE AT FORMOSA. 



Owing to the favorable prospects resulting from the experi- 

 ments in rubber planting, made by the authorities at Formosa, 

 further efforts in that direction are contemplated. Mr. T. 

 Kawakami, who discovered the existence of rubber trees at 

 Formosa, has been sent to the Straits Settlements, Borneo, and 

 other tropical districts where rubber is grown, for the purpose 

 of inspecting the condition of rubber planting at those points, 

 and gathering information on the subject. 



