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“ I have collected a sample of the produce, which I forward by 
this mail, and which I would ask your Lordship to be good 
+ The sample sent includes two qualities—that picked báo the 
trunk of the tree, which, of course, is Pa. heat and that fallen on- 
the ground, and so become mixed with s 
The Report on the samples of Ceara obiit from Zanzibar by 
the India Rubber and Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works 
Company, Limited, dated the 7th Fete 1884, was as 
WS :— 
appearance and general päypical properties of Eun rubber 
would c to the opinion of its being derived from the same 
source as the ordinary Ceara rubber; but the Statt in 
Sir John Kirk's letter above referred to ‘that trees only begin to 
yield when five years old : and no doubt these are even then too 
small to be remunerative,’ is conflicting. 
“The quantity of ash obt Reel Hom the sample collected from 
the trunk of the tree amounts *64 per cent., which, together 
with its composition, are Strait corroborative of its being 
obtained from the Ceara plant. 
“Of the two samples i this rubber which have been received, 
the one Mele e pa b the ground, and had become mixed 
with sand, so deter and decayed as to Fogai no 
further soal iy eri iun. à Seneca 8 point of vi 
“The sample collected from the trunk of the tree ined uch a 
promising appearance that its unfavourable behaviour enter the 
vulcanizing process was somewhat disappointing; the quantity 
available for experiment was too small to determine the cause of 
its becoming s tied and porous. 
“Its loss on drying and washing was 23°46 per cent.; this 
shows that ud. rubber contains a large amount of soluble matier. 
Veara rubber under cultivation in Ceylon gave only a loss of about 
7 per cent. under similar circumstances, but obtained from plants 
about two years old. 
“It is by no means improbable that the collection of samples 
from younger plants may lead to more favourable results 
* The india-rubber collected from the trunk of the title would 
be at the present time commercially worth about ls. 9d. to Qs. 
per lb. The sample collected from the ground we can put no 
0. 
Sir John ees Segre (Dec. 16th, 1885) as follows in regard to 
the above Repo 
* As to the cdm rubber reported on, which proves so unsatis- 
factory when worked, it is certainly the product of trees I first 
received from you P Man p Glaziovii. I am quite satisfied the 
tree is here of no a private planter. Some trees yield a 
watery juice with -— no rubber, and at best the amount is 
