RUBBER 



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1915 has been seriously interfered with by the state of war in 

 Europe, and for the same reason some of the statistics for this 

 year are necessarily imperfect. The figures are, however, 

 interesting as showing the steady growth of an industry which 

 belongs entirely to modern times, and which is destined un- 

 questionably to expand still further with the development of the 

 motor and the consequent consumption of tyres. 

 These figures do not include gutta-percha. 

 RUBBER BY QUANTITY 



Centals of | 

 100 Ibs. f 



1913 

 N.S. 



22,610 

 14,935 

 N.S. 

 29,133 

 363,595 

 N.S. 



338,313 

 2:31,304 

 150,182 

 434,367 



1914 



N.S. 



6,290 

 5,644 



N.S. 

 15,523 

 277,433 



N.S. 



473,599 

 219,991 

 209,693 

 307,023 



1915 

 64,119 



42,552 



6,318 



101,340 



15,582 

 286,391 



32,888 



660,532 



288,803 



286,097 



40,037 



1,574,439 1,515,196 1,825,659 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER. 

 From Dutch East Indies 



,, French West Africa . 



,, Gold Coast . 



,, Other Countries in Africa 



,, Peru . 



,, Brazil .... 



,, British India . 



,, Straits Settlements and Depen- 

 dencies, including Labuan 



,, Federated Malay States 



,, Ceylon and Dependencies 



,, Other Countries 



Total Imports 

 RE-EXPORTS OF RUBBER. 

 To Russia . 



Germany . 



Belgium . 



France 



United States of America 



Other Countries . 



Total Re-Exports 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER. 

 From Dutch East Indies 

 ,, French West Africa 

 ,, Gold Coast 

 , , Other Countries in Africa 

 ,, Peru 

 ,, Brazil . 

 ,, British India 

 ,, Straits Settleme 

 dencies, inch] 



,, Federated Malay States . 

 ,, Ceylon and Dependencies 

 ,, Other Countries 



Total Imports . . . 20,524,019 15,844,428 20,225,060 



1 Prior to 1915 these figures include waste and reclaimed rubber as well as raw 

 rubber. 



