Contents. 



VII. Information relating to rubber in the Province of Para, 



in Brazil. . ^ . . . . , . . 395 



Letter of September 26, 1872, from Mr. Romero to James 

 B. Bond, Esq., Inquiring about the Cultivation of Rub- 

 ber in Para, Brazil . . ... . . 396 



Mr. James B. Bond's Answer of October 22, 1872,10 Mr. 



Romero's Letter, Giving the Information Asked . . 396 

 VIII. Data on the Rubber of Assam, in Asia . . . . 398 



IX. Statistical Data relating to Rubber ..... 400 



Export of Rubber from Para from 1851 to 1870 . 401 

 X. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . 402 



APPENDIX ... . . 403 



Letter of January 21, 1873, of Charles M. Travis, U. S. Consul, 

 to M. Romero at Tapachula, Mexico, Dated at Para, Brazil, 

 Enclosing Letter from James B. Bond relating to India- 

 Rubber Culture in Brazil ..... . . . 403 



Letter from James B. Bond, Dated at Para, Brazil, January 8, 

 1873, Answering M. Romero's Questions to Charles M. 

 Travis about India- Rubber Culture . . . . . 403 



Letter from James B. Bond, Dated at New York on February 26, 

 1873, to M. Romero, in Mexico, Giving him Permission to 

 Publish his Previous Letter , . . . . . 405 



Letter from Dr. Edgar Zeh to Editor of the India-Rubber World, 



asking for Information about Planting India-Rubber Trees. 406 



Note of the Editor of the India-Rubber World, of New York, 

 in the March 15, 1894, Number of that Paper, in Answer to a 

 Request for Information by Dr. Edgar Zeh in Regard to 

 Planting India- Rubber Trees in Mexico, and the Expense 

 and Profits of the Same . .... . . ; 406 



Index ............ 413 



