798,024; to Europe, first quality 2,449,776, medium quality 40%,- 
278, sernamby 507,860, caucho 1,368,489; from Itacoatiara, first 
quality 37,240, medium 3,858, sernamby 26,237, caucho 11,405, 
that is for the Amazonas a total of 9,531,824 kilograms, almost 
half of the export of 22,902,401 kilograms made in that period 
for that State, besides that of Para and Iquitos. The production 
of Amazonas in 1910 was 10,466,231 kilograms; in 1911, 10,122,- 
242; this year, it is expected that there will be an increase of 
more than 15 per cent of the production of last year. 
This is due only to the active work of a few thousand work- 
men. What would be the colossal production of that territory, 
when the work of the men will be facilitated by a rational dis- 
tribution of rubber trees! 
Reflecting upon that. I am reminded of the words of Dr. 
T. Huber: ; 
“A regular planting industry will have a marked and salutary 
influence upon the extraction of wild rubber and the management 
of wild rubber forests.” 
Furthermore, I have the full conviction that the future of 
that industry competently managed will offer in Amazonas, and 
in order to be more exact, in Brazil, more guarantees of success 
than in any other region in the world. 
M. LOBATO. 
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