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" In addition to the foregoing species there are two others, both 

 inferior, for the reasons that the latex, which is pale green in 

 colour, is scanty, and when coagulated the rubber contains a high 

 percentage of resin. 



"Of the 'A' and 'B' varieties we have cultivated trees the 

 trunks of which at 14 months old were 4 inches in diameter at 

 3 feet from the ground, and 10 feet high. Some of these voung 

 trees were flowering and seeding at that age. 



"Our plantations are mostly formed of young seedlings taken 

 from the forests, which contain vast numbers. They are trails- 

 planted 1,000 to the acre, and do not appear to be too crowded. 

 The transplantation causes no apparent set-back, and the close 

 planting has a good effect in keeping down the scrub undergrowth. 

 At three years old cultivated trees of the two first-mentioned 

 varieties have yielded 7 ounces of dry rubber on the average." 



A further supply of "Manitoba seeds" was received from 

 Mr. H. Stevenson, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul at Bahia, and reached 

 Kew in March, 1907. 



These seeds, as well as plants raised from the seeds sent by 

 Mr. Rowe, have been distributed to the botanical stations and 

 gardens of India and the Colonies. 



The following table shows the distribution of the plants raised 

 at Kew, and sent out in Wardian cases on May 23rd. 1907 : 



No. of Plants. 



Destination 



Condition on Arrival. 



200 



100 



100 



100 



50 



50 



50 



50 



50 



50 





• • • 



• • 



• • • 



Calcutta... 



Ceylon 



Singapore 



Java 



Fiji 



Brisbane... 

 Penang ... 



Kuala Lumpur.., 



Bangalore 



Hongkong 



• • • 



• • • 



• • • 



• • • 



• •# 



• > • 



- • - 



• • • 



• • • 



" Good." 



" Excellent." 

 " Good." 



No information. 



" Excellent, all living." 

 No comments. 

 " Splendid." 



Two plants were also sent to British Central Africa, and one 



W 



In addition to the 



plants, seeds, received from Mr. Stevenson, were sent to Calcutta, 

 Ceylon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Brisbane. 



In consequence of this last consignment of seeds a correspondence 

 was opened with Mr. O'Sullivan Beare, H.B.M.'s Consul at Bahia, 

 on the subject. He has supplied much information which is 

 incorporated in the Diplomatic and Consular Report on the trade 

 of Bahia for the years 1904-1906 issued in August, 1907. The 

 following extract is taken from this report : 



" The export of rubber from the State of Bahia has increased 



more 



1900 



" Of the total quantity of rubber exported annually from Bahia, 

 the greater proportion has hitherto been of low grade, consisting 

 mainly of a variety known as 4 Mangabeira ' rubber, which comes 



