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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1915. 



RUBBER ARTICLES NEEDED IN WAR. 



ers in the happy, according to a 



when they can gain posses- 

 either rubber bath tubs or rubber wash basins. In 

 fact, the « ish basi i popular than the tubs, 



lighter, take up less room, and soldiers at the 

 front find more chance ol using them than thej do oi using 

 tubs. The men appreciate the facility with which these soft 

 er articles rolled or folded into a light, compact 



■ 

 Rubber eating utensils would also be welcomed by the men 

 ronl if thej were so vulcanized as to avoid com 

 municating the disagreeable taste of rubber to their food; 

 bin it has not been found possible as yet to prevent such 

 utensils from crai king in use. 



Rubber and celluloid collars and cuffs have become very 



popular among European soldiers on account of their lasting 



qualities and especially the facility with which they can be 



ned. It is not a very easy matter to get clean linen in the 



trenches. 



Another demand for rubber, created by the war. is due to 

 the extensive use of canned and preserved food al the front. 

 ii quantities of rubber jar rings and washers are needed 

 in the proper packing of these provisions. 



SOME STATISTICS ON THE LARGER PLANTATION COMPANIES, 



The Singapore share circular issued by Fraser ec Co., of 

 Singapore, which n-as discontinued for some time owing to 

 the verj small business done in plantation shares, lias recently 

 resumed publication. Its latest number gives some interest- 



jarding plantations whose shares are traded 

 in in the Singapore market. The table below gives some of 

 tl ese statistics relating to the larger companies, only those 



ng companies being taken whose paid in capital equals 

 oi exceeds $200,000 and only those dollar companies being 

 taki n whose paid in capital equals or exceeds $500,000. 



COMPANII I \mi \1 [ZED in POUNDS STERLING. 



I ; Hal 



PaidU] 

 forma- (In Po 

 tion Sterling) 



Rubber 

 No. of Production 



Eoi 1-114 

 i led m Pounds 



e of Company 

 Anglo lie i & Rubber Produce Co., 



Limited 1910 £400,000 400.000 



Bukil Sembawang Rubber Co., Lim- 



itied 1910 314,955 3,149,550 305,161 



ese (F. M. S.) Estates, I.im- 



1M09 224,4l,ii !, I I, '.'in 5.17,465 



Development Co., Limited 1903 492,47n 184,890 



nds & Lowlands Pai a Rubbei 



Ci , Limited 1906 308,508 308,508 1,132,583 



Kuala Lumpur Rubber Co., limited. 1906 210,000 210.000 1,122,974 

 Lanadron Rubber Estates, Limited.. 1907 295,000 270,000 1,241,508 



Lumut Rubber Estates, Limited 1909 -'00.000 200,000 



Malacca Rubber Plantations, limited 1906 .i_'s.'n,4 328,964 3.341.175 

 Merlimau Rubber I tat. Limited.. 1909 209,965 2.099,650 821,600 

 Mount Austin (Johore) Rubber Es- 

 tates, Limited 1910 450,000 450,000 



Nordanal (Johore) Rubbei Estates, 



limited 191 J 2S0.O00 280,000 576,373 



Rubber Plantations Investment Trust 



Limited 1909 725,000 • 1,400.000 



Straits Settlements (Bertam) Rubber 



Co., limited 1906 200,000 2,000,000 2,178,267 



L'nited Serdang (Sumatra) Rubber 



Plantations, Limited 1907 226,423 2,264,230 2,091,171 



COMPANIES CAPITALIZED IN DOLLARS. 



Capital 

 Date of Paid Up. 

 forma- (In 



Name of Company tion Dollars) 



Vyei Panas Rubber Estates, Limited 1909 $750,000 

 liukit Timah Rubber Estates, Limited 1910 500,000 

 Changkat Serdang Estates, Limited. 1910 700.000 



Malakoff Rubber Co., Limited 1910 1,000.000 



New Serendah Rubber Co., Limited. 1910 600,000 

 Pulau Bulang Rubber & Produce 



Co., Limited 1910 2,405,000 



Tapah Rubber Estates, Limited 1912 530,000 



Rvibber 

 No. of Product ion 

 Shares for 1914 

 Issued in Pounds 



150,000 



50,000 



70,000 



500,000 



300,000 



228,1 



53,000 



245,31 J 

 162,739 

 122,704 

 379,800 

 118,846 



202,776 



BATAVIA A RUBBER MARKET. 



There is at present a strong 

 sentiment in Batavia in favor of 

 the creation of a rubber market 

 there which should sell crude 

 rubber to the consumers direct, 

 doing away with intermediaries. 

 An important meeting, called to 

 consider this subject, was held 

 recent!) in Batavia, and the opin- 

 ion was expressed that, as a re- 

 sult of the war, circumstances 

 were at present very favorable to 

 the establishment of such a mar- 

 ket. A committee was appointed 

 to draw up rules and regulations 

 concerning the questions of con- 

 tracts, brokerage, etc. The work 

 of tins i o nmittee i- subject to 

 the approval of a meeting that 

 will he held when the opening of 

 i rubber market in Batavia be- 

 < s a definite fact. Sales 

 would he effected on the Amster- 

 dam system. Planters believe 

 that better prices could he ob- 

 tained li\ selling their rubber in 

 Java. This movement is -up 

 ported by the Dutch government. 



Diri' \\\ iiMii Mr. Pearson at the Batavia Congri 



The illustration above is a photographic reproduction of a diploma awarded at the In 

 ternational Rubber Congress, held in Batavia last October, to Mr. Henry C. Pearson for 

 nens of wild rubber and rubber substitu 



In 1°14 the total rubber pro- 

 duction of the Belgian-Javanese 

 Rubber Plantation I o amounted 

 to 305,750 pounds. During the 

 i i j in 26,588 pounds of crude 

 rubber was produced by the 



