Liberia 



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The whole of the rubber trade and collecting of rubber 

 in Liberia is under the supervision of the Liberian Rubber 

 Corporation, which is for all practical purposes the Forestry Board 

 of the Liberian Government, for whom it collects the royalties 

 or export duties on the rubber (an approximate 8 cents [4^'.] 

 per lb.). The Liberian Rubber Corporation makes arrange- 

 ments with and subsidises native chiefs for the carrying out of 



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its regulations (which have the force of by-laws) for the pre- 

 servation of the forests and the replanting of rubber vines and 

 trees. It spreads instruction amongst the natives as to the 

 proper methods of collecting rubber, and by its stations and sub- 

 stations in the interior endeavours to provide foci for the trade. 

 Any person may trade in or collect rubber in Liberia by obtaining 

 a licence from the Company and agreeing to pay the royalties due ^ 



' \d. per lb. to the Liberian Government, \d. per lb. to the Company = 8(^. 

 per lb. total royalties. 



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