INDEX 



319 



Tampin, 169, 170, 179 



Tanah Besih, 234, 235 



Tandjong Balei, 235 



Tangye engines, 192 



Tapah, 179, i8p 



Tapajoz, River, 6, 22, 30, 36, 47, 



68, 78, 102, 103, 120, 300, 301 

 Tapioca, 212 



Tapping (Amazon Valley) : full 

 herring-bone system, 42, 65, 

 67, 77, 80, 82, 86, 87, 123 ; 

 half herring-bone system, 42; 

 single V system, 42, 85, 86, 

 87 ; wounds due to, 45 ; 

 season for, 64 ; tools, 64-5 ; 

 description of, 66 ; overhead, 

 32, 67, 68, 124; of Castil- 

 loa trees, 71-2 ; tests demon- 

 strating density of latex, 81 , 

 et seq. ; double herring-bone j 

 system, 85 ; broad V cuts, 

 85 ; machadinkoy see under 

 title Jebong, 87 

 (Ceylon), herring-bone system, 

 141 ; half-spiral system, 141 ; 

 single V system, 141 ; fre- 

 quency of, experiments in, 

 141-2 ; regularity of, 145 ; 

 three V system of, 149 

 (Malay Peninsula), interfered 

 with by burrs, 168 ; com- 

 mencement of, 214 ; single 

 V system, 214 ; half herring- 

 bone system, 214 

 (Java), unsatisfactory standard 



of, 283 ; cost of, 286, 287 

 See also Gouge 



Taxation (Amazon Valley), 18, 21 

 (Ceylon), 131, 160 

 (Sumatra), 233 

 Taxes, municipal (Amazon Valley), 



101. 107 ; bourse, 107 

 Tea (Ceylon), 130, 133, 134 



(Java), 273, 277 



Telok Anson, 179, 1 80, 211, 219 

 Telok Dalam, 234, 235, 254, 255 

 Temperature (Amazon Valley), 10, 



121 



(Malay Peninsula), 121, 180 

 (Sumatra), 235 

 (Java), 262, 263 



Tin- mining (Malay Peninsula), 170, 



176, 207 



Tjandjoer, 261, 262 

 Tjikadoe, 285 

 Tjipari, 261, 262, 285 

 Tjirandi, 262, 285 

 Tobacco (Amazon Valley), 63 

 (Sumatra), 232. 236 

 (Java), 273, 277 

 Tocantins, River, 6, 22, 23, 36, 



102, 103, 303 



Tools, cost of (Ceylon), 135 

 (Malay Peninsula), 188 

 (Sumatra), 242 

 See also Tapping 



Transport (Amazon Valley) : means 

 of, 21, 22, 59, 99; cost of, 

 98, 99, 108 

 (Orient), 125 



(Malay Peninsula), propor- 

 tionate cost of, to pound of 

 rubber, 126 ; working ex- 

 penses of, 189, 221, esti- 

 mated future, 223 

 (Ceylon), working costs of, 

 137, estimated future, 139 ; 

 facilities, 160 



(Sumatra), working expenses 



of, 242, estimated future, 256 



(Java), working expenses of, 



271, 286 



Trees (Amazon Valley) : girth of, 

 73, 123 ; approximate num- 

 ber of, 120; their age, 73 ; 

 effect of light on, 29, 74 ; 

 flower in October, 81 ; ap- 

 proximate number of, in East, 

 1 20 ; age of production, 123 ; 

 (Orient), age of production , 



122 ; girth of, 123 

 (Ceylon), girth of, 148, 149 

 Cost of planting (Malay Pen- 

 insula), 166, 188; (Ceylon), 

 135 ; (Sumatra), 24 1 ; (Java), 

 269 



See also Yields 

 Trengganu, 169, 172, 173, 174, 



176 



Trompetas, River, 7 

 Truck system (Amazon Valley), 57, 

 59-61 



