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The local price is-from. 102. to 1s. 2d: per pound: -c 
The heat poules is the one generally adopted by the natives T 
Lagos. This is much: simpler in working, asit disposes of all the 
milk Selected, at the vid of each day. After being "x 
the milk is placed in a vessel and boi led. The rubber be 
— and ot ab satel colour. The local 1 price of this rubber is 
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though simpler, impairs the quility of. the rubber, and is caleu- 
lated to injure the industry. It is probable that if bs heat 
roces were somewhat modified ihe results be lat ee 
without. being sticky. A-sample of this received at Kew was 
reported upon by Messrs. Hecht, Bet and a Ea n: It the coe m 
referred to below as No. 2... 
Messrs. HECHT, LEVIS, and KAHN to ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
: 21, Mincing Lane, London, E.C., 
DEAR SIR, ue September 13, 1895. 
WE have your yesterday” 8 lines, and also two samples of 
Lagos rubber. 
We have had, both in Liverpool and in Hamburg, for the last 
six months, large imports of rubber from Lagos, Nn. this deseri ip- 
tion seems to have been favourably received by consumers. - 
You r sample No. 2 is of very fine quality, and Sie be worth, 
if sent in the.same clean and dry condition, from 2s. 3d. to 2s, 4d. 
per lb.. Your sample No. 3 is also good, but less close in texture 
and much damper, hick seriously detracts from its value. Still, 
the rubber is cleaner than the average arrivals from Lagos, and 
ay's value would be about 1s. 5d. to 1s. 6d. per lb. 
From what we hear the production of rubber in Lagos is likely 
to inerease largely, and we only hope that the producers wi ilt 
keep the rubber as clean and free from impurities as possible. 
_ Always at your service, 
Dis rs We remain, ds. | 
: (Signed) HECHT, LEVIS, & KAHN. 
m os Jackson, Esq. 
Royal Gardena! Kew. 
history of this new rubber industry in Lagos is full of 
interest, and illustrates the wonderfully rich resources of the vast 
ts Afri t shows also very clearly how largely 
ese resources can be Be cloned hy judicious and intelligent 
action on the part of the Gove 
Should the new Kickria Bb cum ser ut of commereial value. 
there: is no doubt that it will eventually be possible to establish 
regular :plantations, and thus make the industry-a permanent one, 
It has always been seen that owing to the climbing habit of the 
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