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THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



Pence per Lb. 



1. Freight 0-82 



2. Brokerage ( per cent.) 0-125 



3. Sale charges, insurance, storage, sundries 



(ij per cent.) 0375 



4. Merchants' commission (i per cent.) ... 0*25 



Total 



1-570 



These charges are calculated on an average price of 

 24 pence per pound of rubber. 



Adding the cost of production f.o.b. port of shipment 

 in Java, together with the further costs up to date of 

 sale in Europe, the actual total cost is 



Pence. 



1. Cost of production f.o.b 14-00 



2. Freight, insurance, etc 1*57 



Total 15-57 



As regards past production in Java, the amount shipped 

 is insignificant so far as Para rubber is concerned. The 

 official returns classify gutta-percha, Rambong, and 

 Para under the same heading, but with some difficulty 

 the two former have been separated. The return of 

 Para shipments beginning in 1909, were 



EXPORTS AND PRODUCTION, 1909 TO 1913 



