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dried fish', beans and lard, except the sawyers who arc charged at 

 9 cents per day. There is a small garden attached to the kongsi- 

 housc where some of the coolies plant up vegetables for their own 

 consumption and sale if possible. Rents for oc cupation of Crown 

 land at the rate of $i per mensem are charged and accredited to 

 the Land Department. 



The Krani keeps a daily register of attendance and outturn of 

 work. He is also in charge of a small shop and the profits credited 

 to the Towkay, 



Contract Rates. 



For 16 ft. logs per inch of mean J 

 diameter. 



Saw yard Rates. 



i " x 3" X i6'= 3 cts.pereach. 

 3 x 3 x 16= 6 „ „ 



(a) . Felling, logging and trim mini 

 4 cents'* 



(b) . Trimming alone up to 15" dia- 

 meter— 25 cents ... 



Do. 16" up to 30" diam. =30 cts. I 4 x 4 X 16= 7 „ 

 Do. 31" y 45" „ =45 „ I x 8 xi6== 7 „ 

 Do. 46" and over — 60 ,, i x \o x 16=11 ,, 



(e). Sawing into transportable 



sizes:- — ... ... ij x io x 16=13 „ 



2.J cents per inch width, if over 



15" width, 3 cents 2 x 10 x 16=14 „ 



X A 



x :6 



5 



* The coolie who assists in logging has to be paid 40 cerifs per da\ by the person 

 who is paid at contract rate. 



Seven hundred and sixty-six trees of over 6 fett girth were marked resulting in an 

 export of about 2,000 tons of converted timber for the year 1904. 



V. P. BORGES. 



RUBBER NOTES 



Three biscuits of Para rubber made mi the Botanic Gardens were 

 given to Surgeon C. G. MATHEWS, some -months ago, who gave 

 them for examination to the Managing Directors of the Victoria 

 Rubber Works, Leith, Scotland, who thought them not as strong 

 tensilely as smoked Para. He considered that " it is a hard fact 

 that smoked or Fine Para is worth from 6d. to gd. per lb. more than 

 the same unsmoked. It is increased thereby in tensile strength so 

 much so that it is the only rubber that can be used in the manufac- 

 ture of elastic thread/' He says that such is the demand for rubber 

 at the present moment that he doubts all Malaya being able to pro- 

 duce enough to materially affect the market and says that there is 

 no use haggling with brokers or employing any sort of middleman, 

 for the manufacturers would be only too glad to buy rubber such as 

 was sent direct in any quantity the planters can turn out and further- 



