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sale, smoked Rubber may be in demand, and fetch 

 a slightly higher price than Rubber that has not 

 been smoked. At the next sale, there may be no 

 difference between them. The operation of smok- 

 ing is easily carried out by forcing smoke through 

 the drying room. 



Packing. The packing of Rubber must be 

 attended to with some care. Great stress is laid 

 by Brokers on the need of properly grading the 

 product. Grading should be according to colour, 

 cleanliness and size of sheets. Each case should 

 contain Rubber as even throughout as possible. 

 Boxes should be used for packing, and these should 

 be well made, and planed inside and outside. The 

 sheets should be cut to fit inside the box without 

 doubling, and be regularly packed. Pressure will 

 be necessary to get the Rubber into a reasonable 

 compass. No packing material of any kind must 

 be used. Hoop iron should be nailed round each 

 box to secure it. A case should contain not less 

 than 100 Ibs. nett. Each case should be numbered 

 and its contents duly listed and sent to the Broker 

 with the shipping documents. The larger the 

 sample of each grade sent, the better the prices 

 which may be expected. 



