January i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Exports of American Rubber Goods. 



FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1903. 



LITERATURE OF INDIA-RUBBER. 



a— Included in " Other Goods " before 1899. 



THE CEYLON HANDBOOK AND DIRECTORY AND COMPENDIUM OF 

 Useful Information for 1903-04, to which is appended a Review of the 

 Planting Enterprise and Agriculture of the Colony. Compiled and Edited by 

 I. Ferguson. Editor of the Col"" Obstryer, Tropical Agriculturist, etc. 

 Colombo; A. M. & J. Ferguson. 1903. [Cloth. 8vo. Pp. ix + m6S+lv; 

 folding tables, maps, and advertisement pages. Price, 1 5 rupees.] 



THE important attention which rubber culture has received 

 of late in Ceylon, and the results attained, renders of in- 

 terest any authentic information regarding planting conditions 

 in that colony. It would hardly be possible for any information 

 to be sought in relation to Ceylon planting which is not con- 

 tained in this bulky and closely printed, concisely written vol- 

 ume, which forms the twenty-sixth annual issue, under the 

 same management. In effect, it is a directory of every planta- 

 tion on the island, with details of its management, and a state- 

 ment of the acreage devoted to each product. There is infor- 

 mation also regarding general conditions on the island— govern- 

 ment, laws, history, trade, transportation, and industry, as well 

 as planting. There is a summary of progress in rubber plant- 

 ing, and results to date, together with details of every estate 

 on which such planting has been undertaken. Not only is the 

 work so complete, but it bears ample evidence of being trust- 

 worthy, and the publishers are to be commended for the enter- 

 prise and public spirit which have induced them so long to 

 maintain this publication. 



The London India Rubber Journal has issued its fourth 

 " Diary and Year Book," containing pages for memoranda for 

 each business day during 1904, together with a printed section 

 containing much trade and statistical data of use to the rubber 

 branch in Great Britain, conveniently arranged for reference. 

 The yearly editions of this work have shown continuous im- 

 provement, and the publishers express their pleasure at the 

 steady growth in the appreciation shown by their patrons. 

 IN CURRENT PERIODICALS. 



Neue Kautschukbaume aus Xeucaledonien [Alstonia Diirckheimi- 

 ana, Schlechter]. By Rudolf Schlechter=Z'< , r Tropenpflanzer, Berlin. 

 VII-11 (November, 1913)- Pp 52 6 "53°- 



Le Premiere Recolte du Caoutchouc sur les Hevea de la Plantation 

 Soebang (Pamanoekan et Tjyassemlandeu). By H. C. Dinet [Resume 

 of a paper in Teysmania, Batavia. No. 8, \()o3.~[ = Revue des Culture} 

 CoIcniaUs,Vans. XIII-137 (November 20, 1903). Pp. 308-310. 



Bericht over Para Caoutchouc. [Exhaustive report by R. Dupont, 

 curator of the botanic station in the Seychelles islands, regarding rubber 

 cultural conditions in general, and results of first experiments in that 

 locality, principally with Para rubber]. =De Indische Mercuur, Amster- 

 dam. XXVI-47 (November 24, 1903). Pp. 798-799- 



L'Expedition de Monsieur E. Ule dans la Region Caoutchoutifere de 

 1'Amazonie. By E. D. W[ildman]. = .*?«<«<? des Cultures Coloniales, 

 Paris. XIII— 138 (December 5, 1903.) Pp. 33° 337. 



Le Manicoba ou Manihot Glaziovii. [Instructions for its culture, ex- 

 traction of the latex, and the preparation of rubber ; translated from an 

 official publication by the government of Bahia, Brazil. ~\ = Revue des Cul- 

 tures Coloniales, Paris. XIII— 138 (December 5, 1903.) Pp. 343-340- 



La Culture du Castilloa au Mexique. [Review of " Rubber Planting 

 on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec," by Henry C. Pearson. ]=Journal 

 d' Agriculture Tropicale. III-29 (November 3 0, 1903.) Pp. 338-34°- 



The rubber man is a recent arrival in town. His stock con- 

 sists of two bags, one of which is filled with penny toys. Taking 

 a position in front of a school house at the noon hour, he shows 

 his goods to the children and tells them to bring from home 

 anything composed of rubber and receive a toy in exchange. 

 Old rubber shoes, mackintoshes, water bags, all sorts of things 

 made of rubber, are exchanged after lunch, and the man departs 

 with a load of rubber and the satisfaction, no doubt, of having 

 had the best end of a lot of small bargains.— The Evening Post 

 'New York). 



