100 RUBBER GROWING IN PEEAK. 



Messrs. Hecht, Levis & Klian report the iniblier to be worth 

 2s. Sd. to 2s. 6d. per pound. 



It has recently been proved by Messrs. Curtis, Derry and 

 others, that these trees will yield at least one pound per tree per 

 year of clean rubber. Taking the value of the rubber at 2s. per 

 pound only we get, for an acre of land, planted twenty by 

 twenty feet, an annual crop worth =£10 16s., and if planted at 

 fifteen by fifteen feet, worth d619 6s. This should begin, as far 

 as is known, at al)out the sixth or seventh year, and by the 

 twelfth year should have increased to double the amount given. 



The history of the Ceara Rul)ber (ManiJiot glaziovi) in 

 Perak is not encouraging. The trees were first planted in Perak 

 in 1877, at Kuala Kaugsar, and in 1880-1 at Lady Weld's 

 Rest-house. They grew well for a few years, Init on attaining a 

 trunk diameter of about four to five inches all died oif. Some 

 were also planted in Taiping and other places with similar 

 results. 



A single tree of Castilloa Rul>ber was planted by Sir Hugh 

 Low at Kuala Kangsar, on a low hill by the side of the Resi- 

 dency ; it does not seem to thrive, but this may be due to the 

 unsuitabiUty of the situation. 



I hope to be able to give further information on the subject 

 when some experiments which are in progress are completed. 



