CONTENTS 



PART I 

 THE RUBBER INDUSTRY IN THE AMAZON VALLEY 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. HISTORY AND GENERAL CONDITIONS - I ' 



II. LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS - - 15 



VIII. THE PRINCIPAL RUBBER DISTRICTS - 26 

 IV. DISEASES AND PESTS COMMON TO RUBBER-TREES 



IN BRAZIL - 40 



V. THE LABOUR-SUPPLY - 5! 



VI. TAPPING - - 64 



VII. YIELD AND DENSITY OF LATEX - - 77 



VIII. CURING AND PREPARATION OF RUBBER - - . QI 



IX. COST OF PRODUCTION - - 105 



X. A COMPARISON OF THE BRAZILIAN AND ORIENTAL 



RUBBER INDUSTRIES - - Il8 



PART II 

 THE RUBBER INDUSTRY IN THE ORIENT 



XI. CEYLON - - I2Q 



xii. CEYLON continued - 145 



""XIII. THE MALAY PENINSULA - - l66 



xiv. THE MALAY PENINSULA continued - 1 86 



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