Export of Para Rubber Seed. 



15.— During the year a very large number of Para Rubber 

 seeds and plants were sent out to all parts of the world, of these 

 a large number were supplied from the Botanic Garden trees, 

 others were obtained outside from various plantations and packed 

 and shipped. The packing of these seeds for long distances 

 entailed a great amount of work, as they had to be packed in tin 

 boxes, i 5 o seeds in a tin with burnt rice dust. Two tins were 

 then enclosed in a canvas covering, addressed, and then sent by 

 post so as to avoid the seeds being heated in the hold. This plan 

 has been proved eminently successful, and the percentage of seed 

 that arrived safely at long distances such as Jamaica, Solomon 

 Islands, West Africa, etc., has been very high. 



The following were the localities to which the seeds were 



Seeds from the Economic Garc 





Singapore 



SeTan^o 6 Wellesle y and Pera ^ 



Christmas 'island '. 



Borneo 



... 15,510 

 ... 48,950 

 ... 80,795 



British Solomon Islands 



600 



British Guiana 





Queensland 



™ Wine Islands .' 



'150 



mSo u ;;; 



Sumatra ... 



800 

 900 



Uncertain destination 



2,800 



Total 



.. i57>6o5_ 



chased elsewhere, Packed and Shipped 



Jamaica ... 

 Lagos and Nigeria 



Sumatra ... 

 Kelantan ... 



345>3°f_ 



Total number of seeds exported 502,905. 

 lar S er numb er of seedlings also were exported, viz:- 



^ncertain destination' 



