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was 74,122,325 ; in 1912 the amount increased to 

 76,500,000, and in 1913 to 78,000,000 in round 

 figures. In the latter year the new capital provided for 

 rubber enterprises in the Orient was 1,292,250, appor- 

 tioned as follows : 



1. Malay Peninsula 740,000 



2. Sumatra 285,000 



3. Ceylon 105,250 



4. India 60,000 



5. British North Borneo 50,000 



1,292,250 



In addition to this amount for Eastern undertakings, 

 a sum of 102,500 was subscribed for concerns in 

 Africa, bringing the total new issues in London for 

 1913 to 1,342,750. Money for rubber plantation 

 purposes was provided also in France, Belgium, and 

 Holland, although to a lesser extent than in London. 

 The combined capital invested in European and local 

 companies in the rubber industry of Malay, Ceylon, 

 Java, Sumatra, India, Burmah, Borneo, and Saigon, is 

 certainly not less than 100,000,000; probably it ex- 

 ceeds that figure by a substantial amount, the greater 

 part of this enormous sum having been subscribed in 

 the five years from 1907 to 1912. 



