557 



lbs. ozs, 



Yeild of clean rubber ... ... 11 2 



,. Scrap ... ... 1 8 



Total lbs. 12 10 



Assuming that Mr. Salisbury's time was the same as mine, about 

 70 hours were occupied in tapping collecting and drying. 



''Scrap" was not kept separate. I have calculated it in pro- 

 portion to the number of channels. 



I have etc., 



CYRIL E. S, BAXENDALE. 



Note. — This is truly a record yield, I have not heard of any- 

 thing to beat it, except marvellous records in various South Ame- 

 rican prospectuses, which may be considered as doubtful. The 

 trees I presume were those planted by Mr. Murton, the Superinten- 

 dent of the Botanic Gardens in Singapore in October, 1877, 9 He- 

 veas and 1 Castilloa were taken to Perak by him and planted at 

 Kuala Kangsa. 



Sir Hugh writes of them, 26th July, 1878: " They were quite 

 small when they arrived here but the Castilloa is now 5 feet tall 

 and the Heveas vary from 4 to 8 feet," and later, February 3, 1879, 

 "The Heveas are now 12 to 14 feet high. They take to the coun- 

 try immensely." The Castilloa which was then 10 feet tall seems 

 to have perished long ago. 



If these are the trees which produced the yield mentioned by 

 Mr. Baxendale they are now just 25 years old. — Editor. 



REPORT OX TWO SAMPLES: OF RUBBER RECEIVED FROM BUKIT 



Rajah, 12TH August, 1902. 



We have carefully examined the samples of Rubber you have 

 sent and have shown same to our friends. The quality is good and 

 the Rubber is hard and clean, though a little barky. It should be 

 worth about 2/4-2/5 per lb., and would probably be liked by manu- 

 facturers in quantity. 



There is practically little, if any, difference between the two 

 samples. The darker is perhaps a little more barky. 



The Editor, 



Agricultural Bulletin: 



Dear Sii, 



The abcve is a report and valuation from London in connection 

 with the Ficus Elastiea rubber from a tree on Bukit Rajah Estate, 

 Klang, aged 4 years and 1 month at time of tapping. I venture to 



