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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[JuLV 1, 1912. 



LEADING PLANTATION RETURNS FOR FIRST QUARTERS 1911 AND 1912. 



Output First Output First 



Acreage planted. Quarter 1911. Quarter 1912. 



pounds. pounds. 



Anglr,-Malay Rubber Company M. 4,159 158,200 192,430 



Bantlarapola Cevlon Company C. 2,523 13.510 26,340 



Batu Caves Rubber Company M. 1,400 52,220 75,550 



Hukit Lintans Rubber Estates M. 791 48,250 96,310 



Consolidated Malav Rubber Estates M. 4,775 73,430 96,360 



Damansara ( Selangor) Rubber Company M. 2,051 87,370 126,290 



Eastern Produce and Estates Company C. 1,253 25,580 40,360 



Edinburgh Rubber Estate (Selangor) M. 1,150 ' 26.350 38,400 



Golden Hope Rubber Estates M. 850 17.540 31,110 



Harpenden (Selangor) Rubber Company M. 1,134 54.020 69,310 



Highlands & Lowlands Para Rubber Company M. 8,137 131.S30 176,670 



Kapar Para Rubber Estates Company M. 3,221 54,360 111,850 



Klanang Produce Company M. 1,428 31,230 42,990 



Kuala Selangor Rubber Company M. 1,470 19,180 65,860 



Lanadron Rubber Estates M- 1,538 42.460 58,740 



Lang Kat Sumatic Rubber Company S. 4,523 72,990 124,240 



Ledbury Rubber Estates M. 1,752 18,190 45,340 



Linggi Plantations M. 4,859 234.000 284,500 



London Asiatic Rubber & Produce Company M. 6,747 61,670 123,480 



Panamatte Tea & Rubber Estates C. 1,467 71,100 98,390 



Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate M. 1,320 21,870 51,740 



P. P. K. (Ceylon) Rubber Estates C. 1,019 11,640 15,810 



Riverside (Selangor) Rubber Company M. 1,408 8.810 33,630 



Sapumalkande Ruliber Company C. 810 11,020 21,640 



Scottish Malay Rubber Co M. 2,214 61,040 90,130 



Seafield Rubber Co M. 1,403 14,400 26,090 



Selangor Rubber Co M. 1,742 111,240 134,180 



St. George Rubber Estates C. 1,529 15.200 38,370 



Sungei Kapar Rubber Company " M. 2,031 70,800 105,100 



Sungei Way ( Selangor) Rubber Company IM. 1,184 29,290 48,370 



M^Malaya. C=Ceylon. S=Sumatra. 69,868 acres. 1,648,790 pounds. 2,489,580 pounds. 



MOZAMBIQUE RUBBER CULTIVATION. 



According to the report of Director of Agriculture Lyne, of 

 Lourengo Marquez, in addition to other zones, there is in the 

 Quiliniane district of Portuguese East Africa, a distinct rubljer 

 zone, starting 50 miles from the coast and extending 75 miles 

 towards the interior. The undulating surface is wooded, and 

 watered by a number of rivers. 



Three Manihot plantations, estimated to contain in all at least 

 a million trees, are situated at different points. 



On one plantation visited by the director there were 400,000 to 

 500,000 trees of which 90,000 were at a productive stage, being 

 three and a half to four years old. Tappings are said to have 

 produced a satisfactory yield, special reference being, moreover, 

 made in the report to the healthy condition of the trees and the 

 abundant flow of latex. The opinion is expressed that the pros- 

 pects of rubber cultivation in the Quilimane district are decidedly 

 favorable. 



MEXICAN EXCURSION TO THE UNITED STATES. 



Consul A. J. Lespinasse. of Frontera, Mexico, announces that 

 an excursion has been planned under the auspices of the Cham- 

 ber of Agriculture of Tabasco, to be composed of the leading 

 business men and planters of that State, for the purpose of visit- 

 ing the principal agricultural, commercial and industrial centers 

 of the southern and southwestern sections of the United States. 

 Efforts will be made to secure all possible data, relating to the 

 most modern business and agricultural methods now in use. 



Frank Evans, Esq., Agricultural Experiment Station, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Trinidad, has just been appointed superin- 

 tendent of Agriculture in the Agricultural Department of 

 Southern Nigeria and left Trinidad for England on June 11. He 

 expects to leave London for Africa early in August. 



SOME NEWS NOTES FROM MANAOS. 



By a Resident Correspondent. 



■ I 'HE Commercial .Association of this place is at present in- 

 •^ terested in plans for the Amazonas exhibit at the Rubber 

 Exposition to be held in New York late in September. The 

 president of Brazil has requested Governor Bittencourt to see 

 that this State (Amazonas) is adequately represented at this 

 exhibition. In compliance with this request the governor has 

 asked the Commercial Association to take charge of the matter 

 and has agreed to allow 30 tons of rubber to be shipped free of 

 duty, thus guaranteeing the payment of necessary expenses in 

 New York. Mr. Arthur Stedman, of the New York Commercial 

 Co., has been suggested as representative of the association in 

 New York; also Mr. J. Levy, of B. Levy & Co., of Manaos. 



The fiscal agent of Matto Grosso in this place has telegraphed 

 his government for permission to ship 15 tons of rubber free of 

 duty also, for the Matto Grosso exhibit. 



The Commercial Association has recently opened an exchange 

 on the ground floor of the fine new building to which it has lately 

 moved. Every afternoon the leading buyers, sellers and brokers 

 will meet there between three and five o'clock to discuss any 

 questions of general interest which may arise. 



The Madeira Mamore Railway has just been completed. The 

 official inauguration of the line will take place in July. R. H. 

 Ma}-, head of the contractors who have built the railway, returned 

 from Europe this week. This railway will undoubtedly give a 

 great impetus to the production of rubber and caucho in 

 Matto Grosso and Bolivia. 



The crop of Brazil nuts has been unusually large this year. 

 It is estimated that it will reach 14,000 tons by the end of the 

 season. The prices paid have been good in spite of large 

 receipts. 



W. Scholz, who left Manaos last autumn, has joined Ahlers & 

 Co., of Manaos, and is in charge of their rubber buying. 



