126 THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



Valley the shipments for the season July i, 1912, to 

 June 30, 1913, were 43,230 tons, including 10,130 tons 

 of castilloa. For 1914 the total export of the East is 

 calculated at 84,000 tons, while that of Brazil for the 

 season 1913-14 is estimated at 43,000 tons. For the 

 first time in history, last year saw a greater supply of 

 rubber from the Orient than from the Amazon Valley. 

 This means that plantation rubber becomes the domi- 

 nant factor in the market, and prices for the raw 

 material will depend more and more in future on the 

 plantation industry, and not on the forest product. 



In the Malay Peninsula a fair basis of price for bring- 

 ing 1,000 acres of rubber into bearing is 30 per acre. 

 In the Amazon Valley the only initial expenditure 

 required is for the construction of houses for the ad- 

 ministration, and the cost of bringing the collectors to 

 the property, this latter expense being recoverable 

 nominally from the men. 



In the Malay Peninsula in 1912 the average cost of 

 producing a pound of rubber was 



Cents. 



1. Collection (including cost of cups, deprecia- 



tion, etc.) 32 



2. Preparation (including depreciation of build- 



ings, factory, and machinery) 6 



3. Weeding 6 



4. Roads, drains, and cultivation 6 



5. Management 7 



6. Hospital 5 



7. Transport A 



8. Commission f 



9. Rent 2 



10. Export duty 2^ 



67** 



* 67^ cents of Straits dollar, worth 2s. 4d. at par, is. 7d. 

 f.o.b. at Penang or Singapore. 



