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THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



COSTS F.O.B. PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, OR SINGAPORE, 

 1911-12 



The average from the foregoing figures is 17*30 pence 

 per pound of rubber f.o.b. ; but for January and 

 February, 1912, the costs at Gedong were at the rate 

 of 38 cents per pound, equal to ii pence sterling, and 

 several others show substantial decreases in 1913, while 

 in very few instances are higher costs recorded than in 

 1911-12. 



All practical planters are agreed that there will be a 

 substantial reduction in costs when a larger acreage 

 comes into bearing and trees average a greater age. 



