445 



growth at its base. But all this apparent wastage is carefully 

 collected and cleaned, and although it sells at a greatly reduced 

 rate in the London market, the proportion it represents to the quan- 

 tity of clean* good material collected is not of any great importance. 

 This last season, this particular kind of rubber amounted to 128 lbs. 

 weight out of a total 4,502 lbs. of clean material obtained, or rather 

 less than 4 percent. ; and it* was sold separately in London at is,6d. 

 instead of 3s. jd. per lb., which is equivalent to a gross loss (exclud- 

 ing charges) of Rs. 165 on a possible Rs. 10,844, or about \\ per 

 cent. 



12. The financial results of the operation were decidedly satis- 

 Financial results on rubber factory as will be seen from the following 

 sold in London, figures : — 



£ s. d. 



4,323 lbs. of clean rubber (reduced in London 



to 4,280 lbs.) were sold at 3.V. ]d. per lb. ... 766 16 8 



128 lbs. of ground rubber (reduced in London 

 to 122 lbs.) were sold in London at is. lod. 

 per lb. ... ... ... ... 11 38 



Add — Interest 7 days on £201-5-0 ... ... o 3 10 



Total receipts ... ... .., ... 778 42 



Deduct — London charges, including freight 



from Calcutta .. . ... ... ... 59 17 11 



718 6 1 



Rs. A. P. 



Equivalent at exchange of day ... ... 10,732 12 3 



Deduct — Calcutta charges ... .. 52 15 9 



10,679 12 6 



Deduct — for plantation charges, tapping, clean- 

 ing, packing, freight to Calcutta, etc. ... 3,839 2 o 



Net profit ... ... ... ... 6,840 10 6 



A net profit, therefore, after deducting all charges, of Rs. 

 6,840- 10-6 was realised on the 4,451 lbs. of good and inferior rub- 

 ber despatched to England from the plantation, which is equivalent 

 to Rs. 1 22- 1 5-3 per maund of 80 lbs, or Rs. 1-8-7 P er lb., as com- 

 pared with Re. 1-2-3 P el " Ib-> realised last year. 



13. Besides the above rubber sent to England for sale, a balance 

 Other rubber °^ 5 1 ^s. was disposed of in the following manner 

 which will make up the total 4,502 lbs. obtained from 



