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to prevent the growth of any rank growing grasses ; the weeds 

 which appear during the fifth and subsequent years will be of 

 a harmless nature, and will die out naturally as the shade 

 becomes more dense. If it is considered advisable to weed 

 beyond the fourth year, an additional estimate of 35 cents per 

 acre per mensem should suffice to keep the estate perfectly 

 clean. 



The total expenditure necessary to bring rubber into bearing 

 in Ceylon and Malay appears to vary from 20 to ,30 per 

 acre. 



A perusal of a large number of rubber planting companies' 

 reports shows that during 1906 the cost of rubber production on 

 different estates in Ceylon and Malaya varied from lofd. to 

 is. 7|d. per Ib. Rubber produced on one estate in Malaya cost, 

 delivered in Ceylon, about 2s. per Ib. It is, however, considered 

 that at present the cost of placing plantation rubber on the 

 market varies between is. and is. 6d. per Ib. 



PARA RUBBER CULTIVATION, F.M.S. 



ESTIMATE FOR 1,000 ACRE ESTATE; 250 ACRES TO BE OPENED 



EACH YEAR. (Bv R. G. WATSON.) 

 First Year 



Premium $3,ooo 



Survey fees 1,000 



Rent 1,000 



Clearing, felling, and burning 250 acres ($15 per 



acre) 3,750 



Lining, holing, and planting 250 acres ($6 per acre) 1,500 



Plants 800 



Roads and drains ($6 per acre) - I )5 



Bungalow 2,000 



Lines 1,500 



Medical Hospital, medicines, &c. 2,000 



Labour Advances, immigration fees, &c. 1,500 



Superintendence - 3, 600 



Tools and sundries 1,000 



Total - - $24,150 



