THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



of " all in " costs, causes of, 299 ; 

 black Hevea, 301-4 

 Rubber Growers' Association, 297, 

 298 



Sagga Company, 220 



Saigon, 185 



Salt, 62 



San Antonio, 98 ; cataract of, 22 



Sandalwood, 7 



Santa Catharina (Amazon Valley), 



tests of density of latex at, 81 

 Santa Maria (Amazon Valley), tests 



of density of latex at, 81, 86, 87 

 Santarem, 27, 28, 30 

 Sao Felipe, 36 

 Sauba. See Ant, red 

 Savanas, 7 

 Scrap (Amazon Valley), 4, 5, 66, 



92, 112, 125 



(Ceylon), 138, 150-2 

 (Malay Peninsula), 193 

 Seafield Company, 220 

 Sekong Company, 220 

 Selangor, 169, 174, 177, 178, 179, 



180, 218, 219, 222, 265 

 Selangor Company, 182, 220 

 Senna Madureira, 23 

 Sennah Estates, 246, 248 

 Sennah Rubber Company, 254 

 Serdang, 229, 234, 235, 254 

 Seremban, 179, 180, 219 

 Seremban Company, 220 

 Seringueiros. See Collectors 

 Sernamby, 4, 5, 75, 88, 102, 103 

 Servants, domestic (Orient), 121 



(Amazon Valley), 122 

 Sevastopol Estate (Amazon Valley), 



tapping tests at, 85 ; records of, 



88 



Shanghai, 182, 184, 187, 267 

 Shaw patent (machines), 192 

 Shelford Company, 220 

 Shipping Convention, 194, 195, 



224 

 Silver, da, Dr. Raymundo Pereira, 



H3 



Singapore, 169, 170, 172, 174, 182, 

 190, 194, 205, 206, 213, 224, 



.245, 275 

 Singapore Para Company, 220 



Singkeh, 206 



Sinhalese, 131, 133, 161, 162, 163 



Small holdings (Malay Peninsula), 



173 



Smallpox (Java), 280 

 Social life (Amazon Valley), 24 

 Soengei Gerpa, 234, 235, 254 

 Soengei Poetih, 234, 235, 254 

 Soengei Roean, 234, 254 

 Soerabaja, 261, 278, 286 

 Soil (Amazon Valley), 17, 121 

 (Ceylon), 131, 142 

 (Malay Peninsula), 177 

 (Sumatra), 233 

 (Java), 263 



Solimoes, River, 47, 103 

 Spanish immigrants, 14 

 Steam-launches, 31, 99 

 Straits (Bertam) Company, 220 

 Straits Rubber Company, 222 

 Straits Settlements : growth of trees 

 in, 73 ; tax on production, 108 ; 

 assessment tax on trees, 170 ; 

 rubber acreage, 172; agricultural 

 lands, premium on, 174 ; charges 

 for, 175 ; methods of taxation, 

 176 ; general revenue of, 176 

 Sugar (Amazon Valley), 62 



(Java), 273 



Sugar-cane, 212, 213, 277 

 Sulphur, mixture of, with rubber, 2 

 Sumatra, growth of trees in, 73 ; no 

 direct taxation in, 108 ; nominal 

 capital of companies exploiting, 

 185 ; land tenure, 232 ; general 

 revenue of, 233 ; soil of, 233 ; 

 nominal capital of rubber-pro- 

 ducing companies, 239 

 Sumatra Para Company, 220 

 Sungei Kapar Company, 220 

 Sungei Siput, 219 

 Sunnycroft Estate (Ceylon), 146 

 Superintendencia da Defesa de 

 Boracha, 113, 114 



Taiping, 179, 180, 219 

 Tali Ayer Estate, 219, 222 

 Tamil coolies (Ceylon), 138, 161 

 (Malay Peninsula), 195-201, 

 208, 209, 215, 217 ; Immi- 

 gration Fund, 196, 198 



