33 



Exports of Plantation Rubber from Malaya and Ceylon 



Since 1905. 





Port 



Singapore 



Penang 



Ceylon 



Total. 





Swettenham 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons 





Tons. 



83 









1905 





47 



75 



20s 



1906 





321 



58 



146 



531 



1907 





649 



236 



248 



1,133 



1908 





919M 



nW\ 



371M 



2,0I0J4 



1909 



1,321 



1,077 



93214 





3,997 



I9I0 



3482 



1596^ 



977^ 



1.465 



7,521 



The December figures (and part of those for November) are estimated. 

 Receipts at Para During the Last Eleven Seasons. 



Tons. 



1899- 00 26,693 



1900- 01 27,640 



1901- 02 29,997 



1902- 03 29,890 



Tons. j Tons. 



1903- 04 30,580 I 1907-08 36,680 



1904- 05 23,100 I 1908-09 38,150 



1905- 06 34,710 I 1909-10 39,130 



1906- 07 37,810 



Receipts from July to December for the Last Six Years. 



1905, 14,690 tons. 1906, 14,680 tons. 1907, 14,240 tons, 1908, 15,765 tons. 

 1909, 16,600 tons. *I9I0, 1,568 tons. 



* Up to 30th December. 



GOW, WILSON & STANTON, Ltd., 



13 & 23, Rood Lane, E. C 



31st December, 1910. 



THE COCONUT INDUSTRY IN 1910. 



{From the Times of Ceylon, Wednesday, January ilth, igii.) 



The past year was, on the whole, a very satisfactory one for our 

 coconut products, for it not only witnessed copra sold at the unpre- 

 cedentedly high figure of R93*50 per candy, but also a marked a con- 

 siderably increased export trade in coconut oil and desiccated coconut. 

 We have to blame the long drought, and the heavy rains which fell in 

 the latter part of the year, and for the fact that the production was 

 somewhat less than during the previous twelve months. Coconuts 

 rose to a very good figure, but the general shortage, and probably the 

 increased consumption of the nut as a food by the natives, resulted in 

 fewer coconuts being exported. The countries of the United King- 

 dom, which yearly take something like 10,000,000 nuts, imported 

 nearly 800,000 less than in 1909, but the demand made by the Euro- 

 pean countries, taken together, was larger than in the previous year, 

 Belgium alone increasing her coconut imports by one-fifth. Many 

 planters believe that the present year will see a further shortage in 

 coconuts, which may cause prices to reach new records. We have to 

 bear in mind, however, that the Straits, Java and Philippines, and seve- 

 ral of the German colonies are also producing coconuts, and that with 



