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Mark. 

 W P M 



Tiger Asahan 

 Bukit Lintang 

 B L A 

 B L C 



BLR 

 DWHS 



B R R Co Ltd 



Quantity, Description, Price per lb. 



4 cases fine amber sheet, 6\i\ t 2 cases darker, 6/i \. 2 cases fine 



palish scrap, 5/3$. 

 4 cases fine amber biscuits, 6ji\. 4 cases dark biscuits, 6/i£. 

 4 cases fine palish biscuits, 6/i£. 

 4 cases fine amber washed sheet, bought in. 



4 cases fine pale to darkish crape, bought in. 1 case darkish to 

 dark, bought in. 



1 case Rambong crape, bought in. 



2 cases fine darkish washed sheet, 6ji\ I case fine palish crape, 

 bought in. 3 cases darkish crape, bought in. 1 case good 

 palish to dark washed sheet, 6/l£. 



29 cases very fine large amher sheet, 6/2 to 6/2£. 6 cases little 

 darker, 6/l£ to 6/if . 7 cases paler bubbled, 6/1. 5 cases good 

 darkish scrappy sheet, 5/3$. 9 cases good scrap, 5/1 to 5/3^. 

 I case good rejections, 5/3^. 3 cases good cuttings, 5/4$. 4 

 cases fine sheet rejections, 5/10. 2 cases good scrap, 5/2. 



SHIPMENTS OF PLANTATION RUBBER. 



From Colombo and Galle. 



1906 



First three months 



. 31 tons. 



1905 



Do. 



. I2i „ 



1904 



Do. 



■ 9 „ 



1903 



Do. 



. 5* H 





From Singapore. 





1906 



First three months 



. 47 tons. 





From Penang 





1906 



First three months 



9 tons. 



Total Exports from Ceylon and the Straits Settlements for first three months, 1906, 

 87 tons. 



P. M. S. LABOUR QUESTION. 



The following letter by Mr. E. V. Carey on the labour problem 

 in the Federated Malay States appears in the India Rubber 

 Journal: — 



It would appear from what one occasionally hears that fears are 

 entertained in certain quarters of a dearth of labour in the Federated 

 Malay States and perhaps the views of one who has been many 

 years out there, and who has visited the labour districts of Southern 

 India and Java, in person, may be of some interest. As you no 

 doubt know, the rubber planter in the Federated Malay States gets 

 all his felling done by Malays or Sakeis (the aborigines), and his 

 draining by Javanese, a very large number of whom are permanent 

 settlers and landowners. Of such labour there is suggested scarcity. 

 For the general work of an estate we prefer, if we can get him, 

 the Tamil or native of the Madras Presidency, and we hope that 

 the undoubted popularity of the country and the work will attract 

 these men over in sufficient numbers for all our requirements. But 

 it must be admitted that competition for the services of the Tamil 

 is very keen, and he would be a bold man who would guarantee an 

 abundance of this class of labour in the future. Recognizing this 

 fact, the Government of the Federated Malay States and Straits 



