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THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



Belmont Estate, 219 



Benevides, 304 



Benfique, 304 



Beni, River, 6, 7, 12, 23, 34, 35 



Bentong, 179, 180 



Benzine, solubility of rubber in, 2 



Beri-beri, 12 



Bernham Estate (Perak), 219 



Besoeki, 261, 263, 264, 274 



Bila, River, 229, 230, 233, 235, 



253. 254 



Blackstone engines, 192 

 Black water fever, 12 

 Blankahan Estate, 254 

 Bolivia, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 18, 27, 34, 



35,37,54,61,79,98, 103, 112 

 Bolivians, 13 



Booth Steamship Company, 6, 48 

 Borer (Amazon Valley), 40, 48-9, 



66, 69, 124 

 (Ceylon), 134 

 Borneo, 185 

 Boundaries, definition of (Amazon 



Valley), 16 

 Bovis, Mr. A., 265 

 Brahminism (Java), 277 

 Brain, Mr. Lewton, 168 

 Branca (white variety of Hevea 



Brasiliensis, 3, 28, 120, 302, 



303, 304 



Branching, early, 154-5 

 Brazil, 20, 24, 29, 37, 49, 62, 112 

 Brazilians, 13, 54, 60, 112, 122 

 Bridge patent (machines), 192 

 British Guiana, 54 

 British North Borneo, nominal 

 capital of companies exploiting, 

 185 



Bubonic plague, 280 

 Buddhism (Java), 277 

 Buitenzorg, 261, 262, 264, 265 

 Bukit Rajah Company, 182, 194, 



219, 220, 222 



Bungalows (Ceylon), cost of build- 

 ing, 135 

 (Malay Peninsula), 216; cost 



of building, 188 

 (Sumatra), cost of building, 



241 



(Java), 269 

 Burgess knife, 124, 214 



j Burmah, 185 



I Burrs, formation of, 168 



Cables (Amazon Valley), 23 

 Cacao, cultivation of (Amazon 

 Valley), 7 



(Ceylon), 133 



(Java), 273 

 Cachoeira, 36 

 Calcutta, 54 



Caledonia Estate, 219, 222 

 Cambium rot (Amazon Valley), 40, 

 41, 43-4, 47-8, 65, 69, 74, 

 80, 82 



(Ceylon), 134, 284 

 Canker (Amazon Valley), 40, 41 



(Ceylon), 134 



(Java), 284 



Canoes, 22, 24, 29, 31, 99 

 Canton, 187 

 "Caoutchouc," 2 

 Carbolineum Plantarium, use of, for 



decay, 46 



Carey United Company, 220 

 Castilloa elastica, 3, 5, 34, 35, 71-2, 



79, 102, 103, 112, 120, 126, 164, 

 264, 265 



Cataracts, 22, 36 



Catch crops (Ceylon), 140 



(Malay Peninsula), 212, 213 

 (Sumatra), 236, 252-254 



Sava), 265, 281-2 

 y, 3, 5, 27, 34, 35, 72, 79, 



80, 102, 103, 112, I2O 



Ceara, 5, 14, 32, 35, 52, 53, 54, 76, 

 121, 164, 264, 265 



Cedar, red, 7 



Ceylon : growth of trees in, 73 ; no 

 direct taxation in, 108 ; proposed 

 school of tropical agriculture, 129; 

 separated from Madras Presi- 

 dency, 129; agricultural industry 

 of, 129 ; sap disease in coffee 

 plantations of, 129 ; cultivation 

 of cinchona and tea in, 130; of 

 rice, cacao, and coconuts in, 133 ; 

 Government Department of 

 Agriculture, 146 ; Government 

 Medical Officers, 161 ; nominal 

 capital of companies exploiting, 

 185 



