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nearer to the total of the 

 imports. I estimate tht 



tely 80,000 tons. Of this amount" the Malay Peninsula 

 contributed 2oo~ tn l Kirt or 2 percent. If the whole of the rubber 

 trees planted at the end of 1906 are growing vigorously and yield- 

 ing 1 lb. of dry rubber per tree, in 1912 the total production will 

 be 5-475 ton s, which will be .J„lh or little more than 4 per cent, 

 of the total rubber required. " In order to estimate the world's 

 consumption in 1912 the rate of increase (10 per cent.) during 

 the last seven years has been added, giving a total estimated 

 consumption for 1912 of 142,352 tons. 



If we increase the yield to i| lbs., i.e., estimating that every 

 tree planted now will in 1912 give us i}> lbs. per annum, at that 

 date the Malay Peninsula will furnish "8,213 tons or T yh of the 

 estimated world's consumption at that date. 



These calculations do not increase the fears so often 

 expressed that production will in the course of a short time 

 exceed demand. The question of how much Brazil will continue 

 to produce, whether it will increase or decrease, is one which 

 only those with a knowledge of the Brazilian jungles can judge, 

 and even such are not able to tell us whether the supply can be 

 depended on to continue <>r mav be expected to grow less in the 



iriere are many reasons for considering that the om>unit 

 tlo n of rubber may in the near future increase more rapidly tha: 

 ln past. New uses and expansion of old uses for rubber ar 

 instantly being found, the consumption of rubber per head 1 

 ^ost countries is extremely small, in Britain and other Europea 

 countries less than in Amen, ., If producers are wise they w. 

 wt neglect to do everything in their power to stimulate an 

 expand the rubber consumption, money wisely spent in thi 

 jection will be handsomely repaid in the future by a steadil 

 * lde mng, firm market. 



Health of Trees on Rubber Estates. 



02 / ne general health of rubber trt 

 ^o-year old trees, has been durir 

 ^ ^occurred in nurseries and on older 



anv I §G number of cases or a large percentage of trees on 

 rubh Pt hv ° ° r three estates. The rapidly increasing area ot 

 ■ncre/' A l l h its thousands of trees added monthly, means an 

 incr*r*J danser of spreading disease, and should bring with it an 

 P S glance with regard to the first signs of disease and 

 ha v ^ ltude to ^ke steps to prevent it growing any fur her I 

 m&T 1 ^ a Pamphlet entitled "First Aid to Plants" which 

 ^plovM CU i ated amon - Planters, giving briefly the methods to be 

 pu > e a at once in any cases of suspected disease either ot 



