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THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



Truck System (Bolivia), 61-2 



(Peru), 62 

 Tumuc Humac, II 



Ucayale, River, 7, 36 



Ulu Langat, 179 



United Serdang Company, 220 



Urucury nuts, use of, 3, 92, 125, 298 



Vallambrosa Company, 182, 219, 



220, 222, 235 



Vegetation (Amazon Valley), 7, 33 

 " Venesta " packing-cases, 194 

 Vermelho (red variety of Hevea 



Brasiliensis), 3, 4, 120 

 "Vulcanization," 2 



Wages (Amazon Valley), 33, 46, 52, 

 59, 82, 98, 109, 122 



(Orient), 122 



(Ceylon), 138, 161, 163 



(Malay Peninsula), 203, 206, 

 207-208 



(Sumatra), 249 



(Java), 279 

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Wardiebrun plantation, 194, 218 



Washing-machines, 137, 141, 192, 

 194 



Waterproof coats, 2 



Water-supply (Malay Peninsula), 

 bad, 193, 194 



Weeding (Ceylon) : cost of, on 

 new plantations, 135, 140 ; 

 working costs of, 137, esti- 

 mated future, 139 

 (Malay Peninsula), 187 ; pro- 

 portionate cost of, to pound 

 of rubber, 126; expense of, 

 diminishes as trees grow, 

 127 ; cost of, on new planta- 

 tions, 1 88 ; working costs of, 

 188, 221, estimated future, 

 223 



(Sumatra), cost of, on new 

 plantations, 241 ; working 

 costs of, 242, estimated 

 future, 256 



Weeding (Java), 282-3 '> cost ^ on 

 new plantations, 269 ; working 

 costs of, 271, 286 

 Weighing (Amazon Valley), 96, 



100 



Werner patent (machines), 193 

 West Country Estate, 222 

 Wickham, Mr., "Father of the 

 rubber industry, " 118, 120, 133, 

 143, 147, 154, 167, 300 

 Wild rubber, 26, 38, 41, 119, 126, 



291 



Willis, Dr., 116 

 Wind, growth of rubber -trees 



affected by, 134, 177, 237 

 Wireless (Amazon Valley), 23-4 

 Women as labourers (Amazon Val- 

 ley), 57-8, 122 

 (Ceylon), 138, 141, 161 

 (Malay Peninsula), 201-3, 2 8 

 (Sumatra), 248, 249 

 (Java), 279, 282 



Xarque (dried meat), 62, 63 

 Xingu, River, 6, 22, 36, 47, 78, 

 102, 103, 303 



Yam Seng Company, 220 



Yapura, River, 7 



Yellow fever, 12 



Yields : on the Madeira, 77, 78, 

 84 ; on the Puriis, 77, 78, 84 ; 

 on the Tapajoz, 78 ; on the 

 Xingu, 78 ; in Bolivia, 79 ; on 

 the Upper Purus, 79 ; on the 

 Jurua, 79 ; on the Jutahy, 79 ; 

 on the Javary, 79 ; vary accord- 

 ing to season, 81 ; exaggerated 

 reports of, 90 ; for the year to 

 June, 1913 (Amazon Valley), 102 ; 

 (Ceylon), 138, 145-7, 150-2 ; 

 estimated future, 163 ; (Malay 

 Peninsula), 190, 214, 218, 226; 

 estimated future, 226 ; (Sumatra), 

 254, 258 ; estimated future, 258 ; 

 (Java), 264, 285, 288; estimated 

 future, 272, 289 



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