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XXVL—PARA RUBBER, 
(Hevea brasiliensis, Muell, Arg.) 
THE RISE AND FALL IN PRICES OF THE FOREST PRODUCT FOR 
THE PAST 30 YEARS AND OF THE CULTIVATED FORM FOR 
THE PAST 4 YEARS. 
[K.B., 1906, pp. 241-242.] 
In the Kew Bulletin for 1898 a chart was published shewing the 
verage prices of fine Para rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), for the 
no period has the price remained fixe roughout any 
persica iar year, the nearest approach to this occurring in 1897 with 
ge of 3d. only ; the greatest Sentit from it in 1879 with a 
The E ret, maximum, minimum, and average, in 
all instances, are given minus fractions of a penny. 
Some explanation is necessary in connection mih the lines 
for cultivated or plantation Para ru " 
appears to hav? come exclusively from Ceylon see j^ Straits 
Settlements. The history of the industry in respect of these 
mple d 
Bulletin, 1898, p. 255) ms i 
Settlements (Kew ‘Bullets, 189 14 y. 107]; and 1899 p. 22 
[p. 114]). On this subject it may ae be of interest to quote the 
following letter from the Straits’ Agricultural eee (VOL ih, 
1903, p. D Mog: together with the accom ing C will 
give a fair to their relative positions and to the trade in 
general at de dius (1903). 
«36 Fenchurch Street, 
* London, E.C., 
“Tth April, 1903. 
“Harold Tunnicliffe, Esq., 
* Atherto rton Estate, Port Dickson, 
« Settlements. 
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n ood quality, tho' perhaps a trifle ‘tacky’ which, however, 
