I5 6 PARA RUBBER. 



Brought forward - - Rs. 8,782 



Special Expenditure. 



Salary of assistant for one year Rs - I ' 



Coolie to carry letters and orders 

 Tools (cost of supply) 3 



RS. 10,202 



(680 2 6) 



Estimated return off 300 acres of forest to be planted with 

 rubber : 



600 trees sold standing at Rs. 2 per tree - Rs. 1,200 



Value of firewood and " ritti," after deducting cost of working, 



Rs. 10 per acre 3> 







Total credit of first year's work - Rs. 4,200 



ESTIMATE OF COST OF PURCHASING 100 ACRES OF LAND AND 

 PLANTING WITH PARA RUBBER.* 



Cost of \ oo Acres of Land. 



Forest, say at Rs. 60 per acre - j 



Chena, say at Rs. 40 to Rs. 45 per say Rs. 50.0 per acre Rs. 5,000 



acre 

 Clearing 



100 acres of forest at Rs. 20 \ 



P eracre >say Rs 17. 50 per acre 1,750 



100 acres chena at Rs. 15 to I 



Rs. 17 per acre 

 Nurseries and seeds 



40,000 seeds at Rs. 7 per 1,000 - Rs. 280.0 



30,000 baskets, Rs. 4 per 1,000 - 120.0 



Making nurseries, including sheds for basket 



plants, sowing seed - 60.0 



Upkeep, watering for three months regularly 30.0 



Further occasional attendance for six months 20.0 



Carried forward 5 1 o 



* Hevea brasiliensis, &c., Wright. 



