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the industry, of the prospective yield from this 

 quarter. 



Estimates show that in 



Southern India 



and Burma. Ceylon. Malaya. 



There will be in full or partial 1 Acres - Acres - Acres. 



bearing in 191 1 J 27,000 41,000 72,000 



191 2 60,000 92,000 120,000 



Taking- the average output of 100 lb. per acre 

 for the whole area, we should have 



1912 ... Mid-East Plantation Rubber : 

 Acreage in full or partial bearing — 



270,000 acres at 100 lb. per acre = 27,000,000 lb. 



or over 12,000 tons, not a formidable total when we 

 look at the figures respecting the output of the wild 

 product. Furthermore, it is extremely doubtful 

 whether 191 2 will see a production of more than 

 10,000 tons of plantation, and, the optimists notwith- 

 standing, it will certainly be many years before the 

 Mid-East can hope to compete seriously in tonnage 

 with the yield of wild caoutchouc. 



This brings us, therefore, to the point which we 

 would emphasize, with all the power at our command, 

 viz., that no time should be lost by those interested 

 in planting as widely and rapidly as possible. After 

 all we have stated in regard to the " trees that 



