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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1911. 



Some Notes on Rubber Planting. 



STATISTICS OF MALAYAN RITBBER PRODUCTION. 



According to the official report for the year 1910, of the Direc- 

 tor of Agriculture, Federated Malay States, the aggregate rubber 

 yield of British Malaya for last year was more than double that 

 of the preceding annual period. The totals shown for the whole 

 of British Malaya are as follows : 



In- 

 1909. 1910. crease. 



Number of plantations .i34 632 18% 



Area in acres 85.5.992 1,014,414 



Planted at end of year 292,035 362,853 26% 



Acreage in rubber alone 253,067 332,958 



Acreage in rubber with other culti- 

 vation 38.968 29,895 



Planted during vear (acres) 50,897 70,818 39% 



Rubber crop (pounds) 6,741,509 14,368,863 113% 



The separate parts of British Malaya were represented in the 

 following proportions : 



Planted 

 Area 1910. Crop 1910. 



Federated Malav States 68% 88 % 



Straits Settlements 16% 7 % 



Johore 12% 4j4% 



Kelantan and Kedah, etc 4% }/$% 



100% 



100% 



RUBBER CULTURE IN FORMOSA. 



By an English Consular report it would seem that last year 

 some 3,500 acres of land in Kagi Prefecture, Formosa, were 

 leased to a Japanese syndicate. Castilloa, Ceara, Hevea and 

 Fkus Elastka are to be there planted. It is anticipated that the 

 undertakmg will be completed in six years. Meanwhile large 

 numbers of the above-named trees are being raised by the Gov- 

 ernment horticultural nurseries at a 25-acre plantation near Kagi, 

 for distribution among planteis. 



FEW FAILURES IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 



With the collapse of the rubber boom of last year, it would 

 not have been remarkable if failures in the Straits Settlements 

 had increased in number. Returns from Singapore, however, 

 show the number of receiving orders issued were as follows dur- 

 ing recent years : 1907, 93 ; 1908, 100 ; 1909, 62 ; 1910, 38. 



A reduction in about the same proportion has been recorded in 

 the estimated '^oss to creditors. 



GERMAN PLANTATION CO. INCREASES CAPITAL. 



The increased capital of $25,000 recently decided upon by the 

 Agu Plantation Co., is understood to have been promptly over- 

 subscribed to the extent of 50 per cent. It is intended to use the 

 new capita! in augmenting the enterprise. The company has 

 86,000 Manihot GIa:iovii trees planted, in addition to 1,400 Ficus 

 and 700 Hevca. Those planted in 1906 have now reached the 

 productive stage. 



SUNGKAI-CHUMOR ESTATES, LIMITED. 



(Feder.^ted Malay States), May, 1906, 2,682 acres, area plant- 

 ed 944 acres. Rubber crop for year ended June 30, 1911, 34,531 

 pounds. Net price realized equalled $1.14 per pound. Estimated 

 crop for year ending June 30, 1912. 80,000 pounds. 



BAMBRAKELLY (CEYLON) TEA AND RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



December, 1908, 1,528 acres, all planted. Rubber crop for six 

 months ended September, 1911, 17,749 poimds. Same period last 

 year, 4,625 pounds. 



SAPUMALKANDE RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



(Ceylon). October, 1909, 2,227 acres, planted 810 acres. Rub- 

 ber crop for 9 months ended September, 1911, 71,617 pounds. 

 Same period last year 28,003 pounds. Of 1911 crop, 38,117 

 pounds sold at average equivalent of $1.31. 



LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER AND PRODUCE CO., LIMITED. 



(Federated M.^L.\Y St.^tes), October, 1907, 6,646 acres, area 

 planted, 4,183 acres. The crop harvested on this company's 

 estates during the nine months ended September 30, 1911, 

 amounted to 221,785 pounds; thus showing an increase over the 

 rate for 1910 of about 60 per cent. Of this year's yield, 124,569 

 pounds have been sold at an average equalling $1.23 per pound. 



MALAYALAM RUBBER AND PRODUCE CO., LIMITED. 



(Southern Indi.\), January, 1910, 10,370 acres, area planted, 

 3,153 acres. Rubber crop for nine months ended September, 

 1911, 16,135 pounds. Same period last year 4,380 pounds. 



RIVERSIDE (SELANGOR) RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



August, 1909, 2,242 acres, area planted 1,118 acres. Rubber 

 crop for nine months ended September, 1911, 37,319 pounds. 

 Same period last year 7,500 pounds. 



SCOTTISH MALAY RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



(Federated Malay States), February, 1906, 2,455 acres, all 

 planted. Rubber crop for nine months ending September, 1911, 

 53,534 pounds. Same period last year, 18,211 pounds. 



VALLAMBROSA RUBBER CO., LIMITED. 



(Federated Malay States), April, 1904, 3,424 acres. Area 

 planted, 2,800 acres. Rubber crop for six months ending Sep- 

 tember, 1911, 199,900 pounds. Some period last j'ear 202,200 

 pounds. 



FORWARD SALES OF PLANTATION RUBBER. 



Among other forward sales for 1912 of plantation rub^r, the 

 following are reported : 



Pounds. Average equalled. 



Selaba Rubber Estates, Limited 18,119 $1.45 



Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate 



(Limited) 1,676 1.66 



Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited.. 12,254 1.45 



Bikam Rubber Estate, Limited 6,382 1.46 



Sapumalkande Rubber Company, 



Limited 8,177 1.46 



London Asiatic Rubber and Produce 



Company, Limited 34,393 1.44 



SEAPORT (SELANGOR) RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. 



June, 1910; 2,000 acres, area planted 1,000 acres. Rubber 

 crop, year ending June 30, 1911, 17,717 pounds; average price 

 realized equalling $1.13. 



WAMPOE TOBACCO AND RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. 



At the formal general meeting held on October 10, in London, 

 the directors reported that considerable progress had been made 

 by this company. Five hundred acres have been opened up for 

 Para rubber; it being intended to complete the planting of this 

 area by the end of the current year. 



NEW latex process. 



Mr. Derry, assistant to Dr. Henry N. Ridley, Director of the 

 Botanic Gardens, Strait Settlements, has patented a process for 

 coagulating, by conveying the latex on a cloth belt through a 

 volume of smoke. 



Stillraan Shaw and Warren B. Wheeler of the North American 

 Rubber Company, who were arrested last spring charged with 

 using the mails illegally, were discharged September 22 by United 

 States Commissioner Hayes. The prosecution failed to substan- 

 tiate any charge that in selling stock the defendants had misrep- 

 resented the conditions of their company. 



