163 
thus allowing approximately 10,000 trees to the caballeria a 
acres); € E at $400 ($175. 60 in United States curren 
per cabal a price somewhat high, as some coast land (hos) 
adequate em this cultivation can be purchased in Guatemala for 
less ; but we have adopted this figure, as, according - pt 
laws, it is the average cost of public lands in the Republi 
Guatemalan United States 
currency. currency. 
$ $ 
Cost May E DS e EA E 
Fen 10.00 .. 439 
Nursery, t "$10: — 1 “000, y, for 159 
plan 1.59 69 
Propane add of ground and arranging 
natural shade, per manzana $e 8.00 . 3.91 
Planting 159 trees to the manzana ... 5.00 . 1.32 
Cleaning by ER four in first 
year IE = FR 
Three cleanings i in second year wi. ee c. - UT 
Two cleanings in third year... $.00 r Bek 
One cleaning — eg "frt fourth 
to sixth, inclus LAUD. 0934 
Interest on veed capital, at 10 per 
cent. for ten years . 68.78 -ags 3019 
Management, etc. sve vas ves A38 — =: LOZ 
Total cost in Guatemala er per 
cent. premium is ruling raie on 
gold to-day)of 159 Mont occupy- 
ing a manzana of teme. and 
10 years old  ... c LOO. Ae. 5600 
* From the foregoing e e it may be seen that a plantation 
of, say, 100,000 trees requires 10 caballerias of ground (besides 
that which may be er 7 fof buildings, huts, etc.), and would 
cost, after ten years, xv $95,000 ($41,700). 
“Tf the nual yield of each tree after ten years is 1 pound of 
rubber of good slats, 100.000 trees would give 1,000 centals per 
I of A Mag At present price of the article, these 1,000 
in Guatemalan money at vate È : exchange 
$262,500 (115. 1238) There is to be deducted from th 
Guatemalan United States 
curren 
iid 
: $ E 
Cost of extraction and collection of 
the milk and manufacture of p 
duct A together may be cal- 
culated at 30 cents per pound of 
Piba for 1,000 centals ... 4 SOU . 13,170 
* The value of the Central American peso, or dollar, was vogue by the 
United States Director of the Mint, January Ist, 1899, at 43.9 cen 
T Square of 100 varas, or 275 feet, 
