irket value of 1s. per Ib.; No. 3 (dark) ls. 6d, No. 3 (light) 1s. 10d. 
2s.; No. 5 about 25. 
m, &c. 
D. Morris, Esq., ( Signed) S. W, SILVER, 
Royl È Gardens Kew. 
_ Report of the INDIA ae GUTTA Wesce AND TELEGRAPH 
* ORKS Company, LIMIT 
: Silvertown, 21st July 1887. 
Description, &c.—Four samples of india-rubber were received, 
ked respectively No. 2, No. 3, No. 3 (dar 0. 5. 
The samples marked No. 3 have been dealt with as duplicate samples 
of the same rubber. Sample No. 2 was black and sticky on the outside 
due to oan the freshly-cut surfaces were slate-grey colour. The 
r was firm and non- adhesive to the fingers. The samples marked 
tissues. The light-coloured particles were very similar to 
Ceara rubber. The freshly-cut uon of sample No. 5 were 
eo. 
n genera acture. "The bebaiiou? of a specimen under manipu- 
; tation is a s airy importance in fixing its commercial value. How- 
ever, thi i 
g. c ashing and 
ming sticky and of course difficult, to treat in 1 the ordinary 
or tw 
per cent. on washing and drying. ‘The samples were mixed together 
and beh ved very well in ane and mixing. dt vuleanizes very well 
ark colour, 
8 per cent. on washing and drying. It 
es very well, dei dark in colour. 
ve US a rule the African rubbers give dark poina on 
ses no 
from the action of sulphur, in vulca zing, on some principle con- 
tained in the natural sap of the plant yielding the rubber. 
Messen, Taylor, anhini and Company, of Gla ASgOW, e 
orwarc mens of West African rubber with a letter of which t the — 
san ents ek T 
One of our agents in Old Calabar, West Africa, has ‘Sollee. and 
Is a fr — ne aan hej is iow anxious - to eet T mo 
Its smell i is not affeniive : : ue. 
