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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December 1, 1916. 



Dak-Jappan 



Riviere Verte , ,- . . 



yuinhon 

 Suoi-giao Dr. Versiii. 



Nhatrang 

 Others 



rROTECTOR.\TE OK ANNAM. 

 \ M. DcHgnon, 



3,000 



150 

 500 



425 100,000 



ISO 

 98 



60,000 

 43,000 



13.523 

 



Totals 3,650 



RECAPITULATION. 

 Colony of Cochin-China: 



Province of liaria 10.189 



Province of Bienhoa 29.294 



Province of Giadinh 4,241 



Province of Tayninh 3,744 



Province of Thudaumot 17,900 



Island of Phu-Quoc 2,684 



Totals 68.052 



Protectorate of Cambodia 32 



Protectorate of Annara 3,650 



673 203.000 13,523 



1,510 317,669 4.000 



5.575 1,546,500 134,000 



3,405 1,271,648 78,300 



1.502 465.000 15,000 



4.541 1.320.403 168,700 



36 100,000 1,200 



16,393 5,021.330 401.200 



18 6,400 



673 203.000 13.523 



Totals 71,784 17,084 5,230.730 414,723 



PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. 1916-1920. 

 The following tables show the number of trees to be tapped 

 during each of the years 1916-1920, inclusive. The increase in 

 production will undoubtedly be relatively greater than the in- 

 crease in the number of trees to be tapped, for, with each succes- 

 sive year after the present, the average age of the trees tapped 

 will be progressively greater. In 1920 the annual production 

 should amount to more than 1 kilo per tree, or a total of over 

 5,000 metric tons, 



PROVINCE OF BARIA. 



Trees to Be Tapped. 



Plantation. 



Courtenay 

 Long-hiep . 

 Long-xnven 

 Others 



1916. 

 8.000 



12.000 

 1.000 



1917. 

 30.000 



24,000 

 22.500 



1918. 

 60,000 



44,000 

 25,627 



1919. 

 150,000 



78,000 

 81.914 



1920. 

 150.000 



80.000 



131.075 



Totals 21,000 



76,500 129.627 309.914 361,075 



PROVINCE OF BIENHOA. 

 Suiannah 115.000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 



An-loc 

 Xuan-loc _ . . . . 

 Cochinchinc . 

 Thanh-tiiyha 



Tan-loc 



Others 



75.000 

 26,000 

 18,000 

 10,000 

 65.000 

 34,000 



140.000 

 40.000 

 60,000 

 30,000 



110,000 

 65,000 



150,000 

 60,000 



120,000 

 80,000 



110,000 



108,000 



200,000 

 80,000 

 177,500 

 100,000 

 110,000 

 150,000 



200,000 

 110,000 

 197,200 

 115,000 

 275,000 

 236,000 



Totals 216,995 



PhuQuoc . . . 

 M. Dupuy . . . 



462.365 709.S3I 879.647 1.328. 807 



TSI.AND OF PHU-QUOC. 



5.500 IS.OOO 44.000 



PROTECTORATE OF CAMBODIA. 

 800 2,800 6.400 



PROTECTORATE OF ANNAM. 



Rfviere'ver,V-.V.;:::| " lO-COO 25.000 



Suoi-giao 16,000 20,000 30,000 



Others 4,000 20,000 



80,000 100,000 

 6.400 6,400 



60,000 100,000 

 50,000 60,000 



22,000 43,000 



Totals 



Plantation, 



Colony of Cnchin-China 

 Province of Baria. . . 

 Province of Bienhoa 

 Province of Giadinh. 

 Province of Tayninh. 



Prov. of Thudaumot. 216.995 

 Island of Phu-quoc. S.SOO 



Totals 843,195 



Protectorate of Cambodia 800 



Protectorate of Annam. . 16,000 



462,365 

 18,000 



1,937,165 



2,800 



34,000 



709,831 

 44,000 



2,920.524 



6.400 



75,000 



879,647 

 80.000 



3,715,503 



6,400 



132,000 



1,328,807 

 100.000 



4,772,606 



6,400 

 203,000 



Totals 859,995 1,973.965 3,001,924 3,823,903 4,982,006 



FUTURE OF PLANTATION RUBBER. 

 The above calculation takes into consideration only the ex- 

 liloitalion of the trees now planted, minus a certain allowance for 

 thinnin.g out. It is well to remember that only about 17,000 

 hectares are now planted. The full exploitation of the lands 

 now in plantation would increase this amount to over 70,000 

 hectares, and this amount could easily be doubled. Then as the 

 trees grow older, the production per hectare will at least double, 

 even with a reasonable allowance for thinning out. So the ulti- 

 mate maximum of rubber production in Cochin China cannot be 

 placed below 80,000 to 100,000 metric tons per year, with an 

 annual market value of at least $100,000,000. 



SOURCES OF RUBBER STATISTICS. . 

 The "Association des Planteurs de Caoutchouc de I'lndochine" 

 issues a sinall publication of about 100 pages, which is mailed to 

 foreign countries for 10 francs per year. This was originally a 

 monthly publication, but it has recently been appearing only once 

 in two or three months. Occasionally a special statistical number 

 appears. The statistics of this report are obtained largely from 

 the October-December, 1915. number (No. 49) and the special 

 London 1914 and Taiwan 1916 numbers. 



The monthly "Bulletin de la Chambre d' Agriculture de la Co- 

 chinchinc," which now appears every two luonths, sometimes 

 contains information concerning rubber conditions in Cochin 

 China. This publication is about the size of the "Annales" re- 

 ferred to above. The subscription price to foreign countries is 

 12 francs per year. The "Bulletin Economique de I'lndochine," 

 a semi-official economic review appearing six times a year, often 

 contains valuable articles on rubber and other industries. It is 

 published by ITinpritnerie d'Extreme-Orient. Hanoi, and mailed 

 to foreign countries for 22 francs per year. 



The "Bulletin Financier de I'lndochine" is a weekly paper 

 published in Saigon at 25 francs a year for foreign countries. It 

 contains current economic news and articles and is the chief 

 advertising medium for rubber shares and other property. The 

 decrees of the government of France and of Indo-China relating 

 to rubber and other lands are published in the "Bulletin Admin- 

 istratif de la Cochinchine," which appears every week and will 

 be sent to fot^eign countries for 20 francs a year, or about 20 

 cents (United Slates currency) for a single number. The land 

 regulations quoted in this report are found in tlic numbers for 

 January 22, 1914, and February 11, 1915. 



Several pamphlets have been published on rubber production in 

 Cochin China. Those consulted in the preparation of this report 

 were : P. Morange, "Le Caoutchouc de Plantation en Cochinchine" 

 (F. H. Schneider. Saigon. 1911) ; J. I.an. "Notice on the Hevea 

 Brasiliensis in Cochin China" (F. H. Schneider, Saigon, 1911), 

 and F. Ripeau. "Caoutchoucs Amazoniens et Asiatiques" (Emile 

 Larose. Paris, 1914). 



The export statistics of this report are based on the figures 

 of the customs authorities of the port of Saigon. They are hot 

 always exact. Until 1913 no distinction was made between wild 

 and plantation rubber, and the division given in this report is an 

 estimate based largely on statistics of production. Exportation 

 does not always agree with production. For instance, the oldest 

 productive plantation — that of Suoi-giao — sometimes exports its 

 product from Saigon, sometimes from Nhatrang and sometimes 

 from Camranh. 



Finally, much of the material of this report has been obtained 

 by the knowledge of conditions gained by a two years' residence 

 in Cochin China, by an extensive correspondence with the leading 

 rubber producers of this colony and by personal observation dur- 

 ing visits to the leading plantation's. 



