154 PARA RUBBER. 



Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Years. 



Supervision - - Rs. 3,600 



Weeding 2,400 



Upkeep of roads and drains 3 



Upkeep of buildings 250 



Supplies 200 



Sundries 250 



Rs. 7,000= .466 13 4 

 By five years - Rs. 35,000 = 2, 333 6 8 



Total cost of 200 acres to end of the sixth year, Rs. 63,990 

 or, say, 4,200 to bring 200 acres of land into the seventh year 

 in rubber. 



The same writer* estimates that in 1902 he collected 1,362 

 Ibs. of good rubber and 60 Ibs. of scrap rubber at an average cost 

 of 4d. per Ib. This was made up as follows : 



Tapping and curing - Rs. 570.63 say ^38 o 9 



Packing boxes and transportation 31.13 2 i 7 



Proportionate share of cost of an outfit of 



collecting tins, tapping knives, and 



coagulating tins 36.60 2 8 10 



Total cost of placing 1,362 Ibs. of 



rubber in Colombo - Rs. 638/36 ,, ^42 u 2 



The following estimate of costs for the establishment and 

 upkeep of a plantation of 20 acres was prepared for me in 

 1902 by a well-known planter in the South Kalatura district, 

 Ceylon : 



Cost of seeds, 8,000 at Rs. 12 per 1,000 - Rs. 96 



Nurseries 70 



Felling, Rs. 8 per acre 1 60 



Roads and drains, Rs. 4.50 per acre - 90 



Lining and pegs, Rs. 2 per acre 40 



Holing, 1 8 inches deep, Rs. 2.50 per acre 50 



Filling holes - 25 



Weeding first year, Rs. 1.50 - 30 



Carryforward Rs. 561 = ,37 



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