INDEX 



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Rubber (Brazilian) continued : 



29 ; Santarem district, 27, 

 30 ; wet season in, 30 ; 

 organization of industry in, 

 30 ; comparison with delta 

 district, 30 ; River Madeira 

 district, 30 ; profitable nature 

 of industry in, 30; per- 

 manent buildings in, 30; 

 height of trees in, 31 ; 

 method of collection in, 

 31 ; extent of properties in, 

 31 ; tapping restrictions in, 

 32 ; resident population in, 

 32 ; properties adjoining 

 River Madeira district, 33 ; 

 comparison of trees in, with 

 Ceylon or Malay Peninsula 

 trees, 33 ; percentage of trees 

 reaching maturity in, 34 ; 

 upper rivers district, fine 

 hard Para exported from, 



33 ; caucho, supply of, in, 

 34 ; annual inundations in, 



34 ; black hevea, growth of, 

 in, 34 ; castilloa in, 35 ; col- 

 lectors in, 35 ; workmen in, 

 35 ; expense of importing, 



35 ; buildings in, 35 ; access 

 to, 36 ; cataracts in, 36 ; cost 

 of transport in, 36 ; expedi- 

 tions from Pacific slopes to, 

 37 ;)- diseases, 40 et seq. ; re- 

 medies for, 44-6 ; trees, girth 

 of forest-grown, in Amazon 

 district, 73; age of, 73; 

 growth of, planted, 73 ; com- 

 pared with Orient trees, 

 73-4 ; yield in Amazon dis- 

 tricts, 77-88 ; exaggeration 

 regarding, 90 ; preparation 

 of, appliances for, 91 ; im- 

 purities in, 92, 93; advant- 

 ages of coagulation by 

 smoking process, 94 ; weigh- 

 ing of, 96 ; transport of, 98 ; 

 cost of transport, 98, 99 ; 

 output of, in Amazon Valley 

 for year to June, 1913, 102 ; 

 classification of output, 102-3; 

 estimated output of, for year 



Rubber (Brazilian) continued : 



to June, 1914, 102 ; export 

 duties on, 106-7 > average cost 

 per pound of, 108 ; details 

 of average cost, 108-10, 127 ; 

 small profit on total output 

 of, 1 10 ; need for reorganiz- 

 ing industry, 1 10- 1 1 ; import- 

 ance of industry to Brazil, 

 in ; production record for 

 eighty-six years, 1 1 1 ; weight 

 of cases passing th rough Par, 

 112 ; Federal Government's 

 attitude to, 112 ; steps taken 

 by Brazilian Congress to re- 

 lieve situation, 113; futility 

 of, 114; suggestions for relief 

 of industry, 114-16 ; summary 

 of, 116-17, 128; non-cultiva- 

 tion of trees in Brazil, 119 ; 

 comparison with Orient, 

 119; area of planted trees 

 in Amazon Valley, 120; 

 suitability of soil for, 121 ; 

 age of producing trees, 122 ; 

 height and girth of ditto, 

 123; yield of, per tree, 123 ; 

 cost of transport to port of 

 shipment, 125 ; exportation 

 of, in 1913, 126; in 1914 

 (estimated), 126. 

 (Ceylon), locality of, 130 ; ex- 

 tent, 130-1 ; ownership of 

 lands, 131 ; land values, 131 ; 

 reserve price of land, 131 ; 

 title to land, 131 ; taxation, 

 131 ; altitude of rubber- 

 growing districts, 131 ; rain- 

 fall, 132 ; soil, 132 ; manur- 

 ing, 132 ; foundation of 

 industry, 118, 120, 133; 

 interplanted with tea, 133, 

 134; grown by Sinhalese, 

 133 ; diseases and pests, 134; 

 wind, 134; expenditure ne- 

 cessary for new plantations, 

 I 3S> !36 ; estimated cost of 

 factory, 137 ; oil-engines, 

 137; creping and washing 

 machines, 137 ; working ex- 

 penses of six-year-old estate 



