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the year we have more or less dry weather. Now that is what 
Ceara seems to like very much indeed. Our tapping season 
is, aS arule, in the normal season, divided into the two different 
periods of the year following the two rains. Under other con- 
ditions I should not expect Ceara to be a success, and from 
what I have heard I certainly should not expect it to be a 
success either in Nyasaland or in Uganda. 
The Presipent: Perhaps Mr. Anstead would kindly tell us 
if these districts which are so successful for Ceara are suitable 
for Hevea. Have you been trying it under the same climatic 
conditions as those under which Hevea would succeed? 
Mr. AnstEaD: No; we only grow Ceara in Southern India 
at high elevations where Hevea would be impossible. That is 
why we are anxious to push on with Ceara, because we can 
grow it and get rubber in districts where we could not possibly 
grow Hevea. 
Mr. Stmpson: I think Mr. Anstead’s paper is a very interest- 
ing one. I noticed in the abstract he says, ‘‘It is not recom- 
mended to grow Ceara in preference to Hevea rubber in dis- 
tricts suited to the latter’’; and that is exactly the condition 
of things in Uganda. The Ceara rubber we do get is very 
good rubber, and there is no difficulty in selling it, as manu- 
facturers seem to like it. But we cannot get the yield we 
want, and our position is this: If we can grow a rubber which 
gives a better yield than Ceara, what is the good of bothering 
with Ceara? Mr. Anstead’s position is this—that they have an 
area where Hevea cannot be successfully cultivated, and where 
they want to grow some other crop. I think it is very 
creditable to the planters of Southern India that they should 
be making a success of Ceara rubber. 
Mr. C. E. Wetipon: I should like to ask whether after 
continuous tapping you do not find a very considerable 
mortality amongst your Ceara trees? 
Mr. AnstEapD: Not at all. We are tapping on the new plan, 
and we find no ill-effect. We tap very carefully, and avoid 
touching the cambium if possible. Accidental wounds are 
treated at once with some antiseptic to keep out insects and 
fungi, and under those conditions we have no difficulty 
whatever. 
Mr. Wettpon: Do you not touch the cambium when doing 
vertical cuts ? 
Mr. Ansteap: No, you tap just so that you do not. 
Mr. Stmpson: What kind of instrument do you use? 
Mr. AwsteaD: It is like an inverted V made slightly round, 
or an ordinary farrier’s knife with one of the edges kept very 
sharp. As a matter of fact it does not matter about the knife 
itself; it is the man behind the knife. 
