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ing the total export from Para of rubber, and how much of it comes 

 to England. 





1887. 



1888. 



1880. 



i8go. 



y 



From Para 



1 5,600 



1 5 ,900 



1 5. zoo 



1 6,900 



1 8 Aoo tons 



To En pf land 



4- ,4-00 



s,o8o 



^,Q20 



5 ,600 



6 000 





1892. 



i8 93 . 



1894. 



1895. 





From Para 



18,920 





19,500 



20,710 



21,600 tons. 



To England 



5,()6o 



6,700 



6,8lO 



7,285 



9,350 „ 





t8 9 7. 



r8p8. 



1899. 



1 goo. 



igoi . 



From Para 



27,700 



22,000 



25,300 



26,876 



30,300 tons. 



To England 



7,865 



9,500 



7.430 



io,445 



r2,ioo 



Mow completely these figures show the folly of thinking" that the 

 addition of cultivated rubber will, even in the distant future, tend 

 to ovc r-production is obvious, when it is taken into account how 

 many acres of rubber trees are necessary for the production per 

 annum of one ton of rubber. 



Lastly, every rubber planter 1 have met has never imagined that 

 the high price of rubber will continue. He hopes it may, naturally, 

 but nearly all calculations as to revenue in the future are made. 



On the basis of 2s. 6 d. per pound. — Should rubbt-r ever fall to this 

 price, there would be so great a demand for it for goods which are 

 now manufactured of some other material that a reaction would soon 

 take place. Then, just a word about another point which has been 

 raised in the public press, namely, the statement that the latex of 

 the Castelloa will not coagulate. This has been made much of, 

 yet the absurdity is very apparent. Some man has tried a wrong 

 process with unsuccessful results, and rushes into print, with the 

 result that doubt is thrown upon the advisability of planting a very 

 useful rubber. All these things do harm to an industry still in its 

 infancy, because they are quoted from paper to paper, and check 

 the public from investing money in one of the most promising in- 

 dustries of modern times. If half the money invested in gold mines 

 had been sunk in rubber plantations, how much richer Britain 

 would be at the present time ! 



INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH MR. FRANCIS 

 J. HOLLOWAY. 



His Views on Rubber, &c. 



Interviews in London. 



Mr. HOLLO WAY, having a letter of introduction to the Editor of 

 the India Rubber World, took the first opportunity of calling on 

 him, and was surprised to find the great interest taken by the editor 

 in ail matters concerning the cultivation and preparation of rubber, 



