162 



PARA RUBBER. 



Rs. 32,240 



Rs. 322-40 per acre at end of fifth year. 



Memos. — I close the estimate at termination of the fifth year as it is 

 now generally admitted that tapping may commence according to 

 growth between the end of fourth and sixth years. 



The estimate is framed on the lines of Rubber planting as ordinarily 

 carried on in the district of Matale, and might serve as a guide to the 

 planting of Rubber in such districts as Badulla Valley, Kurunegala, 

 Dumbara, &c, districts usually not heavily influenced by the rains of 

 the south-west monsoon. 



Felling. — The cost of felling and clearing both of forest and chena 

 land is so very variable, that it is impossible to give an estimate which 

 would apply to the Rubber districts generally. 



Cleaeing. — In some districts I have had chena lands cleared for 

 Rs. 9 per acre ; and, again, the felling of forest will not be taken up by 

 contractors in some localities for less than Rs. 25 per acre. 



