5^4 



WEIGHT OF HEVEA BRAZILIENSIS SEED, COTYLEDONS 

 AND SHELL. 











Percentage of 



Number. 



Total weight. 



Shell. 



Cotyledons. 



Cotyledons 









to total weight. 





r ' 



f ' 



r ' 



P r cent 

 er cen . 



i 



3'i8 | 



1 69 





50 



2 



5-m \ 



1-84 



3-28 



66 



3 



4-26 



1 63 















61 



5 



4'i9 



i*33 



• 286 



68 





446 



2-05 



241 



S 2 



7 



3-50 



1 65 



1-85 



53 



8 



3-86 



f 9 6 



1 89 



49 







1-41 







10 



3'2i 



1 -48 



172 



53* 



ii 



3-26 



i-35 



1 90 



58-28 



12 



4*65 



1 -89 



2-49 



53*54 



Totals ... 



47-286 





27 02 

















3-938 



1-656 





597 



The folio 



ving will enable 





imate to be made of probable 



profits from 



this source:- 











1 1 1 Para rubb 



r seeds 







248,640 „ ' } ' = 1 ton. 



The kernel i.e the decorticated seed is 60 per cent of the total 

 weight of seed, therefore 414,400 seeds will make a ton o» 

 decorticated seed. At 400 seeds /. e. 133 fruits to the tree 4*4.4°° 

 seeds will be the crop of 1,036 trees which at 193 trees to the acre 

 15 ^ t t apart is the produce of 5-4 acres. One acre ^ 

 therefore give 3 cwts. 79 lbs. value £1-17-0 or $15.88. 



